Is the war in Afghanistan after one decade a success or a failure? After the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States by El-Qaeda, the UN Security Council pass out a resolution 1386 in 2001 giving the authorization to establish the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) which was deployed first to Kabul to train the Afghan National Security Forces and assist Afghanistan in rebuilding their government. Then two years later ISAF mission was expanded by the UN Security Council all over Afghanistan to Capture Osama bin Laden, Destroy Al-Qaeda network, and Remove Taliban Regime. ISAF achieved the first one by capturing Osama Bin Laden and execute him, but unfortunately failed in the other two. This paper will analyze the reasons for ISAF unsuccessful mission in Afghanistan. ISAF failed to achieve its ambitious goals because of the following reasons: ambiguous objectives, lack of resources, and unsuccessful counterinsurgency policy. First: ambiguous objectives:
Legal Justification for the War in Afghanistan wasn’t clear (Rockmore, 2004) . USA claimed that September 2001 attacks over its territory had a relative evidence that pointed to El-Qaeda and Taliban …show more content…
These reasons are lack of funds and insufficient number of troops. Another reason was the ambiguous objectives that was given to ISAF and expanding its mission range from the capital (Kabul) to cover the whole country. A Third reason was the unsuccessful counter-insurgence strategy or policy that has done but so little in fighting back Taliban. Finally, the failure of Obama’s national security team to frame the environment in Afghanistan. All the previous mentioned elements were the recipe for a failure for ISAF’s
Legal Justification for the War in Afghanistan wasn’t clear (Rockmore, 2004) . USA claimed that September 2001 attacks over its territory had a relative evidence that pointed to El-Qaeda and Taliban …show more content…
These reasons are lack of funds and insufficient number of troops. Another reason was the ambiguous objectives that was given to ISAF and expanding its mission range from the capital (Kabul) to cover the whole country. A Third reason was the unsuccessful counter-insurgence strategy or policy that has done but so little in fighting back Taliban. Finally, the failure of Obama’s national security team to frame the environment in Afghanistan. All the previous mentioned elements were the recipe for a failure for ISAF’s