Counterinsurgency in Uruzgan 2009
By: Colonel Peter Connolly
Contributors: Land Warfare Studies Centre (Australia)
Series: Land warfare studies centre working papers -- 139; Working paper (Land Warfare Studies Centre (Australia)) -- 139
Publisher: Land Warfare Studies Centre
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Duntroon, A.C.T
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780642297433
Subjects: Counterinsurgency; Strategic aspects; Australia. Army. Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force 2.
Description: This paper is a synopsis of the second Australian Army's Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force's (MRTF-2) approach to counterinsurgency and its application to two deliberate operations. Presented are lessons learned and techniques developed during their mission of providing security for the Afghan national elections, and the strategic goal of developing the capacity of the 4th Brigade of the Afghan National Army (ANA).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.