davidbfpo
12-29-2014, 12:10 PM
There is a new NATO Mission in Afghanistan, Operation Resolute Support, with twelve contributors (down from fifty with ISAF) and with a declared non-combat mission. The USA retains a separate CT mission. For a brief outline see:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30616380 and from NATO:http://www.nato.int/cps/da/natohq/topics_113694.htm
Currently there are 345 threads in this arena, in the next few days I will start to close them down, starting in 2005. There maybe be some merging (actually very little done. Merged threads on securing the Afghan border and Helmand Province - not UK & USMC, ANSF).
Several new threads will be created for 2015, currently I am thinking of the following themes:
ANSF performance 2015 onwards
Afghan politics (catch all, so includes talking to the Taliban)
The NATO mission: concerned watchers and trainers
Non-NATO involvement (India, Iran, Pakistan, China etc)
Reflections on the past (assessment of ISAF etc up to 2015)
I do appreciate that there can be cross-over between the topics, notably how the NATO mission interacts with the ANSF and Afghan politics.
Any suggestions are welcome.
Currently there are 345 threads in this arena, in the next few days I will start to close them down, starting in 2005. There maybe be some merging (actually very little done. Merged threads on securing the Afghan border and Helmand Province - not UK & USMC, ANSF).
Several new threads will be created for 2015, currently I am thinking of the following themes:
ANSF performance 2015 onwards
Afghan politics (catch all, so includes talking to the Taliban)
The NATO mission: concerned watchers and trainers
Non-NATO involvement (India, Iran, Pakistan, China etc)
Reflections on the past (assessment of ISAF etc up to 2015)
I do appreciate that there can be cross-over between the topics, notably how the NATO mission interacts with the ANSF and Afghan politics.
Any suggestions are welcome.