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       P        e        r        s        P        e        c        t        i        v        e www.AmericanSecurityProject.org 1100 New York Avenue, NW Suite 710W Washington, DC Fiv Lsss W Shld Hav Lad I Aghaisa Strategic Issues in Policy Plannin g Jsha Fs Jl 2012 • ewari nAfgh anis tanh ascost $570. 9bi llion sin ce2001. [1] • Befor ethe 2009 sur ge, morethan2millio ntroops had deplo yedt oIr aqa nd Afghanistan,800,0 00moretha nonce. [2] • Inmid-2011, ther ewe re9 9,800 sol diers inAfghan ista nan d90, 339c ontractors [3] • Aso fJ uly12 ,2012,more than 3,070so ldier sha vedi edin Afgha nist an.More than 15,000soldiersha vebeenwounded.M orethan2,8 00contracto rshavebeenkilled and15,000contractorswounded. [4] Idi eUSconictinAfghanistanismovingintoitsnalstages.Overthenexteighteen months,thenumberofUSandNATOtroopsdeployedtherewilldecline,Afghansecurity forceswillociallytakeoverresponsibilityforthecountry,andthemissionwilltransi- tionfromcombattotraining. enatureo fthechallengewillbecomeone ofmainten anceratherthano utrightvictory –managingtheriskposedbyacontinuedTalibaninsurgency,ratherthandefeatingthe insurgencythroughmilitaryvictory. AsthetransitioninAfghanistanmovesforward,itisimportanttostepbackandreecton thelessonswehavelearnedfromthelasteleven yearsofconict. Muchoftheretrospectivediscussionofthewar in Af ghanis ta n has fo cused on ea rly inat te n- tion,theecacyofcounterinsurgencydoctrine, ortheindividualdecisionsmadebyPresidents ObamaandBush.However,therearemorefun- damentallessonstobelearnedfromthewarin Afg ha nistan: our mag ica l thi nki ng, mi sun der - st andi ng the environmen t, ignori ng po li ti cs, poorplanning,andadisturbingrefusaltoplan forthefuture.  Joshua Foust is the F ellow for Asymmetric Operations a t the American Security Proj ect 

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