Transition in Afghanistan:Identifying lessons of withdrawal and capacity building in Afghanistan: From the Soviet enterprise to NATO's Resolute Support Mission
In: Vestenskov , D & Pedersen , M G 2016 ' Transition in Afghanistan : Identifying lessons of withdrawal and capacity building in Afghanistan: From the Soviet enterprise to NATO's Resolute Support Mission ' 1 edn , Forsvarsakademiets Forlag , København , pp. 1-15 .
Whether the deployment of international forces in Afghanistan has been a successful venture or an unsuccessful one is of course a matter of perception. This brief sets out to present a comparative overview of Soviet experiences from the intervention in 1979-1989 and the following stabilization efforts in order to highlight coinciding elements, pitfalls, opportunities, and lessons that the present RSM operation could learn from and implement in order to improve the current situation.