TY - BOOK AU - Stapleton,Barbara J. TI - Beating a retreat : : prospects for the transition process in Afghanistan / AV - Pamphlet UA853. A3. PY - 2012/// CY - [Place of publication not identified] : PB - Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN), KW - Afghan War, 2001- KW - Internal security – Afghanistan. KW - National security – Afghanistan KW - Peace-building – Afghanistan KW - Military assistance, American – Afghanistan KW - Postwar reconstruction – Afghanistan KW - Afghanistan – Foreign relations – United States KW - Afghanistan – Politics and government – 2001- N1 - Caption title; “May 2012”; “Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN)”—at head of title N2 - Summary: “The US and its allies in NATO are now beating a retreat from Afghanistan. Although there are plans for a continuing US-­‐led counterterrorism strategy in the region, the phased transfer of full responsibility for security, governance and development to the Afghan government, its forces and people is underway. But after one year of a transition process that started in 2011, and will officially be completed by the end of 2014, concerns are mounting over the formidable challenges facing the transition and whether it will succeed in delivering its objective: a self-­‐sustaining Afghan state…”—(page summary) UR - https://doi.org/10.29171/azu_acku_pamphlet_ua853_a3_s778_2012 ER -