TY - BOOK AU - Podesta,John TI - The need for a political and economic transition strategy in Afghanistan : : report from July 2011 trip to Kabul, Afghanistan / AV - Pamphlet HC417. P334 PY - 2011/// CY - [Place of publication not identified] : PB - Center for American Progress, KW - Economic assistance – Afghanistan KW - Economic development – Afghanistan KW - Economic assistance, America – Afghanistan KW - Humanitarian assistance – Afghanistan N1 - Cover title; “August 2011”; “Center for American Progress”—cover page; Contents: Executive summary—Remaining obstacles to a successful transition—Recommendations to U.S. Policymakers for crafting a political and economic transition strategy—Conclusion—Acknowledgements N2 - Summary: “President Barack Obama announced the start of a security transition in Afghanistan earlier this summer that will give lead responsibility to the Afghan government by 2014. But the United States still lacks a fully integrated plan for the political and economic transition to complement the security transition. U.S. efforts have been almost exclusively focused on building the size and capacity of the Afghanistan National Security Forces, or ANSF, weakening the insurgency through military strikes, and maintaining recent security gains achieved in parts of the south during the 2010-2011 surge of U.S. forces and the International Security Assistance Forces, or ISAF…”—(page 1) UR - https://doi.org/10.29171/azu_acku_pamphlet_hc417_p334_2011 ER -