A long review article in April 2010 Atlantic Magazine, which moves from the tactical to the strategic and has some choice quotes within. Too many issues for me in one place.

Divided by geography, cursed by corruption, stunted by poverty, staggered by a growing insurgency—Afghanistan seems beyond salvation. Is it? From Somalia and the Balkans to Iraq, the U.S. military has been embroiled in conflicts that reflect an age-old debate: Can individual agency triumph over deep-seated historical, cultural, ethnic, and economic forces? Drawing on his experiences in Iraq, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, has his own answer to that question.
Link:http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...istan/7983/1/?