Events (22)

• September-November 5, 2006: US Ambassador to Afghanistan Stresses Need for Revamped, Expanded Afghan Security Forces and ‘More Guns in the Field’ 2006-11-05
• November 15, 2006: CIA Director Hayden Testifies to Senate Committee on Weak Afghan Government, Highlighting Need for Bolstering Afghan Security Forces 2006-11-15
• May 15, 2008: UN Human Rights Envoy Charges that Foreign Operatives Leading Afghan Units are behind Spate of Civilian Killings in Afghanistan 2008-05-15
• Early Morning September 3, 2008: US-Led Special Ops Unit Crosses into South Waziristan and Assaults Village Killing at Least 15; Women, Children among Dead 2008-09-03
• October 24, 2008: Report Finds Lack of Controls and Accountability in Program to Arm and Train Afghan Security Forces; Insurgents Could Get Arms 2008-10-24
• February 12, 2009: GAO Audit Reveals US Military Did Not Track Thousands of Weapons Sent to Afghan Security Forces, Elevating Risk of Arms Going to Insurgent Forces 2009-02-12
• March 18, 2009: Pentagon Plan to More than Double the Size of Afghan Security Forces Pending President Obama’s Approval; Concerns Dismissed 2009-03-18
• March 24, 2009: NATO Reportedly Planning to Grow an ‘Industrial Scale’ Afghan National Army to 270,000 by 2016; US Generals Say Future Risk of African and Latin American-style Coups Worth Taking 2009-03-24
• March 31, 2009: Counterinsurgency Guru John Nagl Warns that Obama’s AFPAK Strategy May Fall Short; Calls Initial Commitments to Build Afghan National Security Forces a ‘Down Payment’ 2009-03-31
• April 2, 2009: Ahead of NATO Summit on Afghanistan, American Military Planners and NATO Diplomats Say Goal is to Expand Afghan Security Forces to 400,000 2009-04-02
• April 4, 2009: NATO Declares Security Goals for Afghanistan after Summit 2009-04-04
• April 4, 2009: President Obama Praises NATO Commitment of Troops, Security Trainers, and Funds as a ‘Strong Down Payment’ at Summit on Afghanistan 2009-04-04
• April 16, 2009: Afghan Minister of Defense Surprised by Obama’s Plan for Afghan Security Forces; Expected Greater, Quicker Increase in Forces and Equipment 2009-04-16
• May 19, 2009: Investigation Finds Weapons Supplied by the US and NATO to Afghan Security Forces Likely Falling into Taliban Hands 2009-05-19
• July 12-14, 2009: Villagers Report Systemic Abuse, Including Child Rape, by Afghan Police in Helmand Province; Prefer Taliban over Police 2009-07-12
• July 13-29, 2009: Abusive Police Linked to Corrupt Narco Warlord Returning behind US, British Troop Operations in Afghanistan 2009-07-13
• August 3, 2009: NATO Secretary General Says Alliance Forces Will Stay in Afghanistan ‘For as Long as It Takes’ 2009-08-03
• August 8, 2009: British Army Chief Says Coalition Engagement in Afghanistan May Take ‘30 to 40 Years’ 2009-08-08
• August 12, 2009: General Says US Military Looking to Eventually Equip the Afghan Air Corps with Drones 2009-08-12
• August 13, 2009: Defense Secretary Gates Says Length of US Troop Engagement in Afghanistan a ‘Mystery,’ Wider Engagement a ‘Decades-Long Enterprise’ 2009-08-13
• May-October 12, 2009: ’Unknown’ Helicopters Carrying Militants to Northern Provinces, Afghan Government Investigating 2009-10-12
• November 10, 2009: Al-Jazeera Broadcasts Video of Afghan Insurgents Brandishing US Weapons and Ammo 2009-11-10