Afghanistan's Local War: Building Local Defense Forces

by Seth G. Jones and Arturo Munoz

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. This analysis discusses the viability of establishing local security forces in Afghanistan and addresses concerns about the wisdom of such policies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0833049887
• ISBN13: 9780833049889
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"