ABSTRACT

A major aspect of the United States’ war efforts in Afghanistan over the past two decades has been the waging of a counterinsurgency campaign. This article analyzes the extent to which the United States and other Western intervening nations developed and implemented rule of law support missions as a component of the overarching counterinsurgency mission. This article evaluates the successes and failures of the rule of law missions, analyzing the lessons learned from two decades of conflict to provide a foundation for the policymakers and strategic planners who will be tasked with executing counterinsurgency campaigns in the future. The article focuses in particular on the social, political, and cultural factors of the Afghan people that impacted the viability of the Western counterinsurgency and rule of law missions.

摘要

过去二十年美国在阿富汗战争努力的一个主要方面是发动平叛运动。本文分析了美国和其他西方干预国家在多大程度上制定和实施法治支持任务，作为总体平叛任务的一个组成部分。本文评估了法治任务的成败，分析了从二十年的冲突中吸取的教训，为未来将负责执行平叛运动的决策者和战略规划者提供基础。这篇文章特别关注影响西方反叛乱和法治任务可行性的阿富汗人民的社会、政治和文化因素。