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The post-2014 mission in Afghanistan is known as Operation Resolute
Support. Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Afghanistan and the
NATO ISAF mission ended in December 2014. The detailed operation plan for Resolute Support was approved by NATO
Foreign Ministers at the end of June 2014. The RS mission will end in
2021.
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Operation Freedom's Sentinel. The U.S. military component of
RSM is Operation Freedom's Sentinel.
Bibliography for Resolute Support. Afghan War News has
compiled a "Resolute Support Annotated Bibliography" for the use of
RS
staff and SFA advisors participating in the NATO mission in Afghanistan.
It is an Adobe Acrobat PDF, almost 200 pages long, and less than 3 MBs
big. Easy to read online or download and it is available at the link
below:
www.afghanwarnews.info/pubs/RSM-Bibliography.htm
Afghan War News Blog Post on Resolute Support
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Photo from Resolute Support HQs Facebook
Websites
and Social Media about Resolute Support
Resolute Support NATO
www.rs.nato.int
NATO Resolute Support Mission Key Facts and Figures (NATO)
www.nato.int/ . . . 1502-RSM-Placemat.pdf
NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan - (NATO)
www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_113694.htm
NATO Media Backgrounder on Resolute Support
Resolute Support Fact Sheet (Dec 2014)
ISAF Fact Sheet on Resolute Support
RSM Fact Sheet
ISAF Media - flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/isafmedia
ISAF: NATO Forces n Afghanistan Facebook
www.facebook.com/ISAF
ISAF Media YouTube
www.youtube.com/user/isafmedia
Map of Four Corners of Resolute Support
Four Corners. The footprint for the Resolute Support
mission is small compared to the area that ISAF used to cover in
Afghanistan. There is a central hub in Kabul (at the institutional
and ministry level), supported by Bagram Air Field. Four of the six Afghan
National Army Corps are supported by Train Advise Assist Commands.
TAAC East covers down on the 201st Corps from FOB Gamberi and FOB
Fenty located near Jalalabad, TACC South covers down on the 205th
Corps from Kandahar Air Field (KAF), TACC West covers down on the
207th Corp in Herat and TAAC North covers down on the 209th Corps from
Mazar-e-Sharif. The 203rd Corp located in the southeastern part of the
country will see advisors from time to time from TAAC East (call this "fly
to advise"). The 215th Corps in the southwest will get a little attention
from TAAC South.
Legal Framework. The
continuation of the NATO mission is ensured with the signing of the
Bilateral Security Agreement between Afghanistan and the United States
and the signing of the NATO Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). The signing
of the NATO SOFA was done on 30 September 2014. The SOFA was ratified by
the Afghan parliament on 27 November 2014. Additionaly, there have been signings of subsequent security agreements between Afghanistan and
other nations.
Key Functions of RSM.
- Supporting planning, programming and budgeting;
- Assuring
transparency, accountability and oversight;
- Supporting the adherence
to the principles of rule of law and good governance;
- Supporting the
establishment and sustainment of such processes as force generation,
recruiting, training, managing and development of personnel.
Extension of RSM? In May 2015 the NATO Foreign Ministers
decided that the Alliance will maintain a presence in Afghanistan after
the end of its current mission Resolute Support. (1).
The RS mission has been extended into 2017.
Publications on Resolute Support
NATO, A new chapter in NATO-Afghanistan relations, North Atlantic
Treat Organization Media Backgrounder, July 2016.
www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/pdf_2016_07/20160701_1607-backgrounder-afghanistan-en.pdf
Munch, Philipp. Resolute Support Light: NATO's New Mission versus the
Political Economy of the Afghan National Security Forces, Afghanistan
Analysts Network (AAN), January 12, 2015.
https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20150112-PMuench-Resolute_Support_Light.pdf
NATO, New Chapter in an Enduring Partnership, NATO trifold PDF.
This document provides a 'big picture' overview of the new Resolute
Support Mission by explaining the Four "Lines of Effort", the 8 Essential
Functions, and the focus of the Resolute Support Mission. (RS NATO,
February 4, 2015).
www.rs.nato.int/images/media/PDFs/RSM/20150204_rsm_trifold_final.pdf
NATO, A Strategic Partnership, NATO trifold PDF. This document
provides a brief on the transition from the ISAF mission to the Resolute
Support mission. It explains the transition from a combat role to a train,
advise, and assist mission with significantly decreased numbers of
personnel and a different focus - concentrating on the ASIs and ANSF at
the ministerial, institutional, and operational levels. The three main
objectives of the RS mission are to "Complete ASI/ANDSF Development",
"Protect the Force", and "Posture the Force". (RS NATO, February 4, 2015).
www.rs.nato.int/images/media/PDFs/RSM/20150204_isaf_to_rs_trifold_final.pdf
Videos about Resolute Support
Vimeo - NATO ISAF Channel
http://vimeo.com/user3844172
New NATO mission in Afghanistan - Resolute
Support. Army Times.
http://www.armytimes.com/ . . . Resolute-Support
Changing NATO Mission in Afghanistan, NATO Channel. The new NATO mission
in Afghanistan starts in January 2014. Video, narrated by Melissa Preen,
explains RSM. Posted on YouTube December 1, 2014, (4 mins).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2n5aoT-zPo
NATO reaffirms "Resolute Support" to
Afghanistan. NATO TV. March 5, 2013.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSlwYESlvqs
News Articles on Resolute Support
December 28, 2014.
"Statement by the President on the End of the Combat Mission in
Afghanistan". White House Briefing Room.
December 28, 2014.
"Gen. Campbell official remarks: ISAF - Resolute Support transition
ceremony". RS News. December 28, 2014.
"ISAF/RS transition ceremony remarks by Afghan National Security Advisor".
RS News. Mohammad Hanif Atmar provides remarks at RS ceremony. December 28, 2014.
"Transition ceremony kicks off Resolute Support Mission". NATO
News. December 3, 2014.
"Resolute Support Mission leaders train at JFC Brunssum". Allied
Command Operations. December 2, 2014.
"NATO and Afghanistan open new chapter of cooperation with launch of
Resolute Support mission". NATO News Release. February 25, 2014.
"Defence
Minister's Primer - Resolute Support in the balance". NATO Watch.
January 23, 2014.
"Resolute Support Planning Continues, Options Still Open".
American Forces Press Service.
November 29, 2013.
"NATO Envisions Post-ISAF Train, Advise and Assist Mission".
American Forces Press Service.
June 7, 2013.
"Hagel Describes Post-ISAF Afghanistan Mission". US Embassy press
release.
June 5, 2013.
"NATO Defense Ministers endorse concept for new post-2014 mission in
Afghanistan". NATO News.
March 4, 2013.
"Report: Final NATO postwar Afghanistan plan expected by June".
DEFCON Hill Blog.
Endnotes 1. See a May
13, 2015 news report entitled "NATO decides to maintain presence in
Afghanistan."
www.worldaffairsjournal.org/content/nato-decides-maintain-presence-afghanistan
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