ANSF performance 2015 onwards

[SWJ Blog]

The Case for Counter Insurgency ‘Light’ in Afghanistan

Read the full post and make any comments at the SWJ Blog.

[davidbfpo]

The cited SWJ Blog linked above IMHO contains some facts that reinforce concern that the ANSF serving the GIROA:

By the fall of 2017 GIRoA only controlled territory containing less than 60% of the population which was down from over the 70% they held in 2016, and down from the 80% they held in 2014 when the lead for security operations transitioned from NATO to GIRoA. The remaining 40% was either controlled by the Taliban or was considered "contested". The ANDSF were incapable of recapturing the contested portions of the country, or those portions under Taliban control without increased levels of U.S. support.

From 2010 to 2012 the U.S. led coalition conducted a full spectrum, comprehensive COIN campaign aimed at defeating the Taliban...The coalition, along with the ANDSF, was driving the Taliban, GIRoA had control over approximately 80% of the country, and security, governance, and basic services were largely in place. The ANDSF were maturing, and the transition of responsibility for security operations to Afghan control was underway. So what went wrong?

For more explanation and a new strategy see the full article:https://www.realcleardefense.com/art...an_113012.html