Afghanistan's Local War Building Local Defense Forces

In Afghanistan, local communities have played a critical role in security, especially in rural areas. Afghan national security forces are important to the top-down strategy, but the Afghan government and NATO forces also need to leverage local communities to gain a complementary bottom-up strategy....

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Main Author: Jones, Seth G. (auth)
Other Authors: Munoz, Arturo (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: RAND Corporation 2010
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