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War in Afghanistan - Strategy, Operations, and Issues for Congress (Paperback)
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War in Afghanistan - Strategy, Operations, and Issues for Congress (Paperback)
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In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001,
the United States launched and led military operations in
Afghanistan in order to end the ability of the Taliban regime to
provide safe haven to al Qaeda and to put a stop to al Qaeda's use
of the territory of Afghanistan as a base of operations for
terrorist activities. Many observers argue that in succeeding
years, as U.S. and world attention shifted sharply to the war in
Iraq, the Afghan war became the "other war" and suffered from
neglect. The Obama Administration, however, has made the war in
Afghanistan a higher priority, by giving it early attention,
regularly conducting strategy reviews, and making significant
additional commitments of civilian and military resources. By early
2011, senior leaders, including the Commander of NATO's
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), General David
Petraeus, were pointing to discrete progress on the ground, though
noting that such progress was still "fragile and reversible." In
late 2010, NATO and the Afghan government agreed to pursue a key
medium-term goal: the transition of lead responsibility for
security to Afghans throughout the country by the end of 2014. The
U.S. government has stated its intention to begin drawing down some
U.S. forces from Afghanistan in July 2011, and also to maintain a
long-term strategic partnership with Afghanistan beyond 2014.
Strategic vision for Afghanistan is still, many would argue, a work
in progress. President Karzai has consistently stressed the theme
of "Afghan leadership, Afghan ownership." President Obama has
consistently stressed the core goals of the United States: to
disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and
Pakistan, and to prevent their return. Yet for the U.S. government,
fundamental issues remain unresolved. These include: determining
the minimum essential conditions required for Afghanistan itself to
be able to sustain stability with relatively limited international
support; defining the appropriate combination of U.S. efforts,
together with other international resources, over time, required to
achieve those minimum conditions; and balancing U.S. national
security interests in Afghanistan and the region against other
imperatives, in a constrained fiscal environment. This report,
which will be updated as events warrant, describes and analyzes the
key players in the war in Afghanistan; the strategic outlooks of
the Afghan government, the U.S. government, and NATO; the threats
to the security and stability of the Afghan state and its people;
the major facets of the current effort: security, governance and
anti-corruption, development, reconciliation and reintegration, and
transition; mechanisms in place to measure progress; and critical
issues that Congress may wish to consider further.
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