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This article from Anthony H. Cordesman at the Center for Strategic and International Studies is based on a trip to Afghanistan in November 2006. It argues that the rise in threat activity in Afghanistan is serious, but must be kept in context, and that the challenges to be overcome are still far less serious than in Iraq. Cordesman adds that the US and NATO scored important victories in 2006, and that while the Bush Administration is already considering major increases in military and economic aid and limited increases in US forces, it is also the case that NATO commanders understand the problems and weaknesses in current NATO forces and rules of engagement, and are seeking to overcome them.
