KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - When Capt. Aaron Berg and his interpreter, flanked by a security detail, walk into the Garrison Support Unit clinic of 1st Brigade, 205th Corps, Afghan National Army, ...

The Burke Chair at CSIS has developed a new analysis of the capabilities of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and the challenges they face, entitled Shaping the Uncertain Future of Afghan ...

LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- Leaders with 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division and the commanders of both the Train Advise and Assist Command-Northeast and the Combined Joint Task ...

The development of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) is one of the most critical aspects of the war. NATO/ISAF simply cannot bring this war to a successful conclusion without transitioning ...

The U.S. and NATO’s decision to restrict joint operations with the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) presents a major setback to the military mission in Afghanistan. The new rules call into ...

Overshadowed by the announcement in President Obama’s State of the Union address that 34,000 U.S. troops will be brought home from Afghanistan was an acknowledgement that the capabilities of the ...

Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles based on insights gleaned from Jason Campbell’s recent NATO-sponsored trip to Afghanistan that featured meetings with senior NATO and Afghan ...

The insider attack death of Army Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene dealt a severe blow to the revamped U.S. plan to set up an Afghan National Security Force (ANSF) able to fend for itself. As deputy ...

Members of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense refuted findings by the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) claiming Kabul won’t be able to maintain its network of ...

Prior to 2010, northern Afghanistan’s Nuristan province was occupied by a series of US Army outposts. But after a Taliban attack on one of the outposts left eight US soldiers dead, the outposts were ...

As part of an ongoing process to ensure that the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) are ready and capable to take over the lead for security in Afghanistan by 2015, the U.S. has agreed to purchase ...