CIAO DATE: 01/2015
December 2014
Center for Strategic and International Studies
This report covers key policy statements, polls on US public support, the history of the US military build-up and draw down, and the erratic and declining nature of US funding. The future level of US funding remains unclear and will depend on the nature of US budgets from FY2016 onwards. It is clear from the data shown, however, that the US effort was very slow to react to the rise of the Taliban and other insurgents after 2005, that the US built up a surge only to rapidly cut back on its forces, and that US funding of the ANSF was extremely erratic and unstable to say the least, and often wasted funds on areas that produced little lasting impact.
Resource link: Afghan Forces on the Edge of Transition - Volume I [PDF] - 1.9M