TY - JOUR
T1 - Panjwai
T2 - a tale of two COINs in Afghanistan
AU - Lushenko, Paul
AU - Hardy, John
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: month (773h) = January; Journal title (773t) = Small Wars and Insurgencies. ISSNs: 0959-2318;
PY - 2016/1
Y1 - 2016/1
N2 - The US Army has two approaches to counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan. One is hard, or combat-focused, and the other is soft, or development-focused. This study examines two US Army task forces deployed to Panjwai District, Afghanistan from 2012 to 2013. CTF 4-9 and 1-38 offer a meaningful comparison because they pursued these contrasting approaches among the same population and against the same enemy at the same time and place. The study compares each unit's approach and finds that neither approach was successful absent the other. The article concludes by recommending further research into combining the approaches at the operational level.
AB - The US Army has two approaches to counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan. One is hard, or combat-focused, and the other is soft, or development-focused. This study examines two US Army task forces deployed to Panjwai District, Afghanistan from 2012 to 2013. CTF 4-9 and 1-38 offer a meaningful comparison because they pursued these contrasting approaches among the same population and against the same enemy at the same time and place. The study compares each unit's approach and finds that neither approach was successful absent the other. The article concludes by recommending further research into combining the approaches at the operational level.
KW - Counterinsurgency, COIN, Afghanistan, US Army, Taliban, Kandahar, Panjwai, insurgency, infantry
U2 - 10.1080/09592318.2016.1122919
DO - 10.1080/09592318.2016.1122919
M3 - Article
SN - 0959-2318
VL - 27
SP - 106
EP - 131
JO - Small Wars and Insurgencies
JF - Small Wars and Insurgencies
IS - 1
ER -
