Comments on: Kapisa Teeters http://registan.net/index.php/2009/08/12/kapisa-teeters/ All Central Asia, All The Time Fri, 25 May 2012 20:24:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David M http://registan.net/index.php/2009/08/12/kapisa-teeters/comment-page-1/#comment-381355 David M Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:29:04 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=9147#comment-381355 The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post <a href="http://www.thunderrun.us/2009/08/from-front-08132009.html" rel="nofollow">From the Front: 08/13/2009 </a> News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front. The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post From the Front: 08/13/2009 News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.

]]> By: anand http://registan.net/index.php/2009/08/12/kapisa-teeters/comment-page-1/#comment-381343 anand Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:24:21 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=9147#comment-381343 Thanks for this very well written article. Here is a location where the large majority of locals are anti Taliban, anti-Hekmatyur (HiG), anti Haqqani and anti Punjabi Taliban. This is also a place with little quality ANP, ANA or ISAF security. Shouldn't the ANA, ANCOP (most quality ANP seem to be ANCOP), and ISAF focus on these areas for COIN, rather than areas where the Taliban is popular such as Helmand and Kandahar? Kapisa province's situation suggests to me that perhaps Obama should commit to a 20 year foreign aid program to Afghanistan, that would enable sufficient ANA and quality ANP (most are low quality and untrained at this time) to protect the large majority (but perhaps not all) of Afghanistan over the long term. Thanks for this very well written article. Here is a location where the large majority of locals are anti Taliban, anti-Hekmatyur (HiG), anti Haqqani and anti Punjabi Taliban. This is also a place with little quality ANP, ANA or ISAF security.

Shouldn’t the ANA, ANCOP (most quality ANP seem to be ANCOP), and ISAF focus on these areas for COIN, rather than areas where the Taliban is popular such as Helmand and Kandahar?

Kapisa province’s situation suggests to me that perhaps Obama should commit to a 20 year foreign aid program to Afghanistan, that would enable sufficient ANA and quality ANP (most are low quality and untrained at this time) to protect the large majority (but perhaps not all) of Afghanistan over the long term.

]]> By: Old Blue http://registan.net/index.php/2009/08/12/kapisa-teeters/comment-page-1/#comment-381340 Old Blue Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:39:17 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=9147#comment-381340 Josh, I left you a really neat comment, but lost it because I somehow messed up my email addy when I entered it. I'll try to take the time to reapproach later on. I just spent a few days in Kapisa and I'm working on a post on it myself, but wanted to share a few things with you on here, since I'm working on different information right now. The overall stability and rule of law piece was second or third in the que. Josh, I left you a really neat comment, but lost it because I somehow messed up my email addy when I entered it. I’ll try to take the time to reapproach later on. I just spent a few days in Kapisa and I’m working on a post on it myself, but wanted to share a few things with you on here, since I’m working on different information right now. The overall stability and rule of law piece was second or third in the que.

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