Fighting the Mujahideen Lessons from the Soviet Counter- Insurgency Experience in Afghanistan

摘要

The Canadian Forces currently in Afghanistan as part of a NATO coalition are playing a major role in a counter-insurgency campaign directed against a resurgent Taliban threat. Dealing with this menace will not be easy as the Taliban, realizing they cannot defeat NATO's superior military strength, have resorted to asymmetric actions that strike at the coalition's will through the cumulative effects of terror and small-scale "hit and run" military operations. Although NATO must contend with these tactics, concentrating solely on the military aspects of the problem will not address the real danger.