Accession Number:

ADA564900

Title:

Security Force Development in Afghanistan: Learning from Iraq

Descriptive Note:

Congressional testimony

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA

Personal Author(s):

• Oliker, Olga

Report Date:

2012-07-18

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

Abstract:

Testimony regarding the historical experience of building Iraqi security forces and its applicability to current efforts build Afghan security forces as U.S. efforts in that country draw down. Testimony begins by providing a brief overview of security force development in Iraq, then discuss some of the parallels and differences between the two countries and the two efforts. Testimony concludes with some thoughts on what the experience in Iraq and elsewhere can and cannot teach us for Afghanistan.

Descriptors:

• *AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT
• *IRAQI WAR
• *SECURITY PERSONNEL
• INSURGENCY
• LESSONS LEARNED
• LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• MILITARY HISTORY
• MILITARY TRAINING
• PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT
• POLICE

Subject Categories:

• Sociology and Law
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE