BACKGROUND
GEN Mattis, U.S. CENTCOM Commander, has noted his command’s main focus is the war in Afghanistan. Along with NATO Coalition partners, U.S.CENTCOM is conducting a comprehensive yet focused counterinsurgency (COIN) campaign to ensure Afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for transnational extremists.1 This campaign encompasses a wide range of mission objectives such as counterterrorist operations, detainee operations, rule of law, and developing the Afghan Security Forces, and Afghan National Police capacity. Therefore, Congress has provided a variety of resource mechanisms to U.S. CENTCOM in order to carry out its COIN strategy; such as the Commander’s Emergency Response Fund (CERP), Afghanistan Security Force Fund (ASFF), Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund (AIF), and the Afghanistan Reintegration Program (ARP). However, not all the mentioned funding streams are being used efficiently and effectively; most notably ARP. As U.S. support for the war in Afghanistan and DOD budgets decline, U.S. CENTCOM must reevaluate how to strategically leverage ARP as a key enabler in executing COIN. With this in mind, the roadmap for leveraging includes, eliminating competing funding programs, obtaining Afghan government buy-in and providing leadership emphasis on the program.
ARP authority provides the U.S. military the vehicle to counter violent extremism, as outlined in CJCS National Military Strategy, by assisting the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) in the peace and stability process. The program aims at convincing insurgents, their leaders and their supporters to cease active and/or passive support of the insurgency and to become peaceful members of society.2 Most Afghan insurgents are ...
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Ideally the U.S. and international partners would like to see a peaceful and stable Afghan society that is able to protect and secure itself from the insurgency and an environment that prevents the fostering terrorism. The U.S along with NATO has invested insurmountable resources over the past ten years; invested countries can no longer afford to provide Afghanistan plush budgets. The Afghan government must take full responsibility and become accountable for the efforts put in place by the U.S. and allied partners. In the preparation of a possible troop withdrawal, in 2014, the U.S. must wean Afghanistan now by eliminating funding programs that offer no tangible return. Competing programs such as CERP, AIF, and ASFF must be eliminated. ARP is fully capable of being a standalone program, the key enabler, in executing COIN in Afghanistan.
The National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an assessment tool developed to evaluate literacy and numeracy levels of all Australian students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9. The aim of NAPLAN, since its inception in 2008, is to act as a diagnostic test to ensure all Australian students are meeting intended educational outcome (Wigglesworth, Simpson & Loakes, 2011). They are administered by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA; ACARA 2010). The ACARA (2010) website states that the NAPLAN tests "broadly reflect aspects of literacy and numeracy common to curricula in all States and Territories" and that the test questions and formats are "chosen so that they are familiar to teachers and students across Australia".
Operation Anaconda was the first major joint combat operation against the war on terror that the US was committed to winning. This operation would test our military’s readiness for joint operations against a hardened and willing adversary. The primary mission was to kill/capture Taliban/Al Qaeda forces occupying towns and villages in the vicinity of Shahi Khot in order to gain control of the valley.1 The US needed the towns, villages, mountains, and more importantly, the intricate and hard to access caves cleared of enemy fighters. Units participating in the operation included elements of the 101st Airborne Division, 10th Mountain Division, Special Operations Forces (SOF), and Coalition forces from seven nations including Afghanistan.2 With so many different nations fighting along with our own branches of military, it would test our ability to conduct joint operations on multiple levels.
Operations forces and UAV’s has been a key role in operations to counteract al-Qaeda lead
In this piece of writing “What We Are Fighting For,” Rex Murphy outlines the most persuasive reasons for the existence of Canadian troops in Afghanistan. Murphy commences with the description of annihilation of Taliban government by Canada is not only because of Canadian affiliation with the USA but also because our people got killed on 9/11. Furthermore, Afghani citizens need assistance in structuring a new type of government in order to guard against potential attacks. He continues that Canadian troops stay behind in the Afghanistan to aid in the construction of the essential elements- schools, a justice system, infrastructure, roads- that any society must have. Moreover, Murphy also considers our countries support in Afghanistan from conflicting
The United States Military though has problems in the country and has been having these problems since the invasion. Training Afghan forces and fighting the Taliban has not been working and is not efficient. We are trying to win the hearts and minds of the people but when the Taliban are blowing up schools and hospitals, winning those hearts and minds is a challenge. “Americans are used to be successful and these wars are not” announces Mark Lytle (Hampson). Americans are being worn down and soon will be on the verge of giving up, something Al Qaeda wants, and we are letting our enemy win this war. Afghanistan though also has ethnic problems. There are several divisions in Afghanistan, different tribes different ethnic background. The concept of majority rule has not been sitting well. The Afghan Government is corrupt and is not efficient enough to rule effectively. “The sooner we accept that Afghanistan ...
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...an expansive array of operations which range from humanitarian efforts, peacekeeping, noncombatant evacuations to counterterrorism efforts, enforcement of sanctions and maritime interdiction operations.52 AFRICOM is unlike other combatant commands, however, in many aspects. For example, AFRICOM focuses on increasing African military capabilities to improve their ability to provide their own security and stability in their individual nations and regions. To do this, the DoD expends most of its focus and resources on joint training and assistance with African military partners. 53
The military is tasked with the duty and responsibility of protecting the nation from external attacks and managing any attacks that may happen. Over the years, countries across the world have engaged in conflicts originating from differences in policies and invasion of privacy and unfair treatment of citizens in foreign countries. In...
Along with the financial costs, there is human cost with the loss of life of civilians, Canadian soldiers. The invasion of Afghanistan is only a short term solution to a bigger problem. When Canada and other nations leave the country, the Taliban and the warlord tribes will continue to insight fear on the Afghan citizens (Endersby, 2011). Conclusion Canada’s involvement has brought about a continuous debate on whether or not they should be in Afghanistan fighting a war that is half a world away. The events of September 11, 2001 in the United States reinforced the need to fight terrorism on a global scale.
The United States Air Force is a key part of America’s mission to spread and assist democracy throughout the world. Air Force Special Operations Command, or AFSOC, is the elite force of the United States Air Force. The assistance of AFSOC is vital to the Air Force’s duties as well as the entire US military. The presence of special operations teams, working with foreign militaries, in Central Asia before the 9/11 terrorist attacks aided the US in gaining Air force bases in that region. AFSOC teams had made connections with the foreign militaries in several places, one of which led to the use of Manas AB, Kyrgyzstan, as a major mobility hub (Air Force Magazine).
Tse H. (n.d), A Focused and Targeted Expansion of NATO and ISAF Involvement in Afghanistan Counter narcotics Operations pdf, pp 22 [Retrieved on: 10/05/2014]
Recently Afghanistan has grown significantly in terms of its ability to care for itself. A national army and a developing police force are becomi...
In the past ten years the Afghan Government has been dealing with a number of issues that have caused problems for the country, problems such as illegal drug trade, terrorism and violence. But nowadays they are fighting a problem that has long existed between people, and quite recently has taken a whole new aspect to it. Ethnic conflict is the destructive factor that has caused problems between people for generations, often leading to fights, outbreak of violence and grudge between different ethnicities.
Council, H. P. (2012). Afghanistan's vision by 2015 . Kabul: High Peace Council law committee .
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