Mission impossible? Why stabilising Afghanistan will be a stiff test for Nato

Major analysis feature on NATO's mission in Afghanistan. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force assumed command, 31 July 2006, of the Southern region of Afghanistan from US-led Coalition forces, further extending ISAF’s mission since NATO took command of the ISAF mission in Kabul in August 2003.

NATO: Press Release, 31.7.06: NATO- ISAF expands to Southern Afghanistan http://www.nato.int/docu/pr/2006/p06-096e.htm

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