- Reaction score
- 8,421
- Points
- 1,360
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/10/448F8C8D-7BFB-4D84-B965-3FEE0FAE3C4F.html
"International civilian and military units -- known as Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) -- have now spread to 22 locations in Afghanistan, a sign of their popularity with Afghan, U.S., and NATO leaders. But it's unclear how effective the teams are in stabilizing regions and extending Kabul's control â “ their main goals...."
Highlights:
Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah: "While it will not do the job of counterterrorism in a specific term and manner, it is a complement to the efforts of stabilization of Afghanistan and in the war in a broader sense."
Robert Perito, specialist with the U.S. Institute for Peace, a congressionally funded organization (that on 26 October will release a major study of Afghan PRTs): "I think that's one of the major failings of PRTs, is that they have not established standards and they have not established measures of effectiveness .... What you are left with then is anecdotal information, where people will tell you a story about a PRT doing this or not doing that, and people's impressions, so it is in fact very difficult to evaluate what they have accomplished."
"A report commissioned last summer by Britain's Department for International Development said most PRTs remain primarily military missions. It said they are not equipped to deliver assistance in ways that will have a long-term developmental impact in rural Afghan communities. "
"International civilian and military units -- known as Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) -- have now spread to 22 locations in Afghanistan, a sign of their popularity with Afghan, U.S., and NATO leaders. But it's unclear how effective the teams are in stabilizing regions and extending Kabul's control â “ their main goals...."
Highlights:
Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah: "While it will not do the job of counterterrorism in a specific term and manner, it is a complement to the efforts of stabilization of Afghanistan and in the war in a broader sense."
Robert Perito, specialist with the U.S. Institute for Peace, a congressionally funded organization (that on 26 October will release a major study of Afghan PRTs): "I think that's one of the major failings of PRTs, is that they have not established standards and they have not established measures of effectiveness .... What you are left with then is anecdotal information, where people will tell you a story about a PRT doing this or not doing that, and people's impressions, so it is in fact very difficult to evaluate what they have accomplished."
"A report commissioned last summer by Britain's Department for International Development said most PRTs remain primarily military missions. It said they are not equipped to deliver assistance in ways that will have a long-term developmental impact in rural Afghan communities. "
