Title Afghanistan : the uncertain impact of a year of transition : full report / Anthony H. Cordesman

Edition Revised March 7, 2016 Published Washington, DC : Center for Strategic & International Studies ; Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (390 pages) : color illustrations, color maps Contents Introduction -- Key lessons of "failed state" wars -- Uncertain outside claims of success versus very different Afghan perceptions -- A nation under acute pressure and with critical ethnic and sectarian divisions -- Key civil challenges -- Uncertain politics and large areas of failed governance -- The corruption challenge -- The budget challenge -- Economic challenges -- Economic stability and development challenges -- PRT/DST impact -- Poverty challenge -- Business, investment, mining, and LoC challenges -- Narco-economy challenge -- Warfighting and violence challenge -- A focus on tactical outcomes disguises a lack of meaningful reporting on the key impact of the insurgency : growing insurgent influence and control and declining support for the government -- Civilian casualty challenges -- Declining Afghan perceptions of security -- Terrorism challenges -- ANSF force strength and readiness challenges -- Ministry of Defense and ANA forces and readiness -- Afghan Air Force vs. US and Allied air support -- Afghan Ministry of Interior forces and readiness -- NATO and US advisory manning levels -- U.S. civil and military aid -- An uncertain Pakistan -- Post-2016 security challenge Summary "Previous Burke Chair reports have addressed the fact that it has now been a year since U.S. and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) combat forces formally left Afghanistan. These reports have also addressed the fact that a wide range of indicators warn that the Afghan government and Afghan forces are losing at many levels: politics, governance, economics, security, and popular support. These reports have been further updated to include additional indicators"--Publisher's web site Notes "Burke Chair in Strategy." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (CSIS, viewed March 9, 2016) Subject Afghanistan. Afghan National Army. Afghanistan. National Police. SUBJECT Afghanistan. Afghan National Army. fast (OCoLC)fst01692795 Afghanistan. National Police. fast (OCoLC)fst01911404 Subject Political corruption -- Afghanistan Economic development -- Afghanistan Drug traffic -- Afghanistan National security -- Afghanistan Terrorism -- Afghanistan Drug traffic. Economic development. Economic history. National security. Political corruption. Politics and government. Terrorism. SUBJECT Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 2001-2021 Afghanistan -- Economic conditions -- 21st century Subject Afghanistan. Form Electronic book Author CSIS Burke Chair in Strategy, issuing body. Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.), publisher.

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