US and Afghanistan : what price victory?

• Main Author: Khan, Amos
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/91013; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6635
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

As the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan continues into its ninth year, it is clear that the United States does not have the resources it needs to win before the July 2011 pullout. With pressing concerns at home and elsewhere in the world, Washington may have concluded that victory in A...