U.S. Experience with Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan

Event Summary

Comments from this forum were incorporated into a USIP Special Report: The U.S. Experience with Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan: Lessons Identified

Speakers at this forum described the American and Afghan experience with Provincial Reconstruction Teams.

These innovative and often controversial civil-military organizations are now an established feature of the U.S. and NATO's effort to improve security, extend the authority of the central government, and promote economic prosperity in Afghanistan.

Speakers

• Lieutenant General David Barno, Former Commanding General, Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan
• Ali Jalali, Former Minister of the Interior, Afghanistan
• Robert Perito, Coordinator, Afghanistan Experience Project
• Daniel Serwer, U.S. Institute of Peace, Moderator

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