SWC missed this PRISM in December 2011 article 'War comes to Bala Morghab: a tragedy of policy and action in three parts’ and I think this is the best place for it:http://www.ndu.edu/press/lib/pdf/pri...36_bessler.pdf

Noted by a non-SWC member:
Bala Morghab is a remote district within one of Afghanistan’s poorest provinces, on the border of Turkmenistan. It describes how inappropriate efforts to provide reconstruction and reform succeeded only in bringing war to the area.

The story of the Bala Morghab district of Badghis Province in 2008–2009 reveals lessons derived from the difficulties posed by the friction of coalition warfare at the tactical and operational levels, the gaps between policy and operations, the contradictions of winning hearts and minds, and the challenges of day-to-day survival. Not to engage with local leaders well in advance of policy implementation is a recipe for failure. Building trust among the local population in legitimate leaders will itself build capacity and minimize the influence of insurgents. Finally, half-measures of the whole-of-government approach in the absence of unity of purpose will fail.