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Afghanistan
Afghanistan: US strategy changes to match drawdown of forces
2012-01-05
A counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy is man-power intensive. Obama's June 22 decision to draw down US surge forces from Afghanistan makes a US lead COIN strategy untenable.
Once we've publicly withdrawn, it'll be Afghan Special Forces doing all the night raids. (Any of our special guys going along will just be visiting with old friends, right?)
Obama's new high risk strategy is for US and NATO to transfer control to the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), who will transition from being the backup force to the leading force executing a COIN strategy with the support of the US.
Posted by:Mike Ramsey

#1  In the meantime:
Pakistan Backs War Against NATO
On January 1st, the Pakistani Taliban agreed to halt all terror attacks inside Pakistan. In return, the Pakistani military will not interfere with Taliban movements, as long as these movements are part of supporting Taliban attacks against NATO forces in Afghanistan. The Pakistani Taliban will deploy their forces into Afghanistan under the leadership of Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar. This deal is supposed to include the autonomous Haqqani Network, which often links up with the Taliban, but considers itself a separate operation.
Posted by: Shimble Guelph5793   2012-01-05 08:22  

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