Comments for Afghanistan Studies Group

Comment on Surveys and Reports by rohit.jawahar

rohit.jawahar — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 16:37:11 +0000

Prof Theo Farrell has to understand despite appraising Op Moshtarak,the coalition forces (ISAF) is facing stiff and fierce resistance from the Taliban and will continue to do so.
the reasons for this are evinced below:
1.unless opium farming and production is eradicated, prevalent in those parts of Afghanistan ,the Taliban will have a viable source of income to purchase arms and cadre to continue the insurgency.
2. Your supply lines are the Achilles heel of your forces, as the Taliban operating in Pakistan will harass your lines of communication, forcing you to worry more on getting hold of your supplies,than concentrating in finshing the Taliban, the same manner the soviets had to concentrate their forces on convoy protection.
3.unless the ANA is leading the fight from he front, ISAF will be seen as a invader.

Comment on Useful Links by Martin Bayly

Martin Bayly — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:14:20 +0000

Thanks. Added to the military/security section.

Comment on Useful Links by William Bache

William Bache — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:31:05 +0000

You may want to add http://www.ntm-a.com for the NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan which is the organization responsible for training the Afghan National Security Forces..

Best regards,

William Bache

Comment on Welcome to the Resources Section by martinbayly

martinbayly — Mon, 24 May 2010 19:41:59 +0000

Thanks. Updated as recommended.

Comment on Welcome to the Resources Section by Warwick

Warwick — Fri, 21 May 2010 14:28:50 +0000

I would like to recommend the following links:

The Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) http://aan-afghanistan.com/

TALIBAN PROPAGANDA WATCH (RC South) http://milnewsca.wordpress.com/

NEFA Foundation http://www.nefafoundation.org/documents-area-afghanistan.html

Small Wars Journal http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/journal/

Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/en/asia/afghanistan

USA and USMC Counterinsurgency Center Blog http://usacac.army.mil/blog/blogs/coin/default.aspx