RC West
Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs)
Overview
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
The Development of ISAF
Regional Command Capital
Demographics and Terrain
Regional Command Capital (RC Capital) comprises Kabul city and fourteen districts of Kabul province: Bagrami, Chahar Asyab, Deh Sabz, Farza, Guldara, Istalif, Kalakan, Khaki Jabar, Mir Bacha Kot, Mussahi, Paghman, Qarabagh, Shakardara, and Sorubi. With an area of 4,462 square kilometers (1,723 sq. miles), Kabul province is slightly smaller than Delaware. The provincial population is 3,450,000,1 and more than two million live in Kabul city.
Regional Command East
Regional Command East (RC East) is comprised of fourteen provinces
Regional Command West
Demographics and Terrain
Regional Command West (RC West) comprises four provinces: Herat, Farah, Badghis and Ghor. The population of RC West is 3,156,000 people.1 RC West borders Iran and is slightly larger than the state of Georgia, with an area of 160,319 square kilometers (61899 sq. miles).
Regional Command South
Kandahar Province | Helmand Province | Nimruz Province | Day Kundi Province | Uruzgan Province | Zabul Province
Demographics and Terrain
Regional Command North
Demographics and Terrain
Forces Available for Afghanistan - March 2009
Mar 27, 2009 - Institute for t...This document describes the American forces available for deployment to Afghanistan in the coming year.
"How to Surge the Taliban" in the NYT
New York Times Op-Ed written by Kimberly Kagan, Frederick Kagan, and Max Boot