TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kelly,Terrence K.
AU  - Bensahel,Nora
AU  - Oliker,Olga
ED  - Arroyo Center.
TI  - Security force assistance in Afghanistan : : identifying lessons for future efforts / 
T2  - (Rand Corporation monograph series)
SN  - 9780833052117
AV  - UA853. A3.
PY  - 2011///.
CY  - Santa Monica, CA : 
PB  - RAND, 
KW  - International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan)
KW  - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
KW  -  Armed Forces
KW  -  Afghanistan
KW  - Afghanistan.
KW  - Afghan National Army
KW  - Armed Forces
KW  -  Stability operations
KW  - Counterinsurgency
KW  - Military assistance, American
KW  - National security
KW  - Internal security
KW  - Combined operations (Military science)
KW  - United States
N1  - "Prepared for the United States Army".
"Arroyo Center".
"MG-1066-A"—page [4] of cover.
; Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-131).
N2  - Security force assistance (SFA) is a central pillar of the counterinsurgency campaign being waged by U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan. The outcome of the campaign hinges, in large measure, on the effectiveness of the assistance given to the Afghan National Army, Afghan National Police, and other security forces, assistance that the International Security Force must provide while fighting the insurgents. Yet senior U.S. military and civilian officials have posed many questions about the effectiveness of SFA in Afghanistan, and no empirically rigorous assessments exist to help answer these questions. This monograph analyzes SFA efforts in Afghanistan over time and documents U.S. and international approaches to building the Afghan National Security Forces from 2001 to 2009. Finally, it provides observations and recommendations that emerged from extensive fieldwork in Afghanistan in 2009 and their implications for the U.S Army
ER  -