Poland and ISAF: Mission (Still) Not Accomplished
Poland and ISAF: Mission (Still) Not Accomplished

Summary/Abstract: The year 2009 saw a distinct change in the nature of Polish involvement in NATO’s Afghanistan operation. On the internal front, this involvement was defined primarily by the concentration of the whole Polish contingent in a single province, Ghazni, effected back in 2008, which made it possible for the Polish force, for the first time since the mission’s beginning, to actively pursue all the tasks listed in the mandate of the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF). In addition to combating the illegal armed opposition in Afghanistan, these tasks include assisting state institutions in efforts to strengthen their position throughout the country, contributing to Security Sector Reform (and especially, to the formation of the Afghan army and police) and also, in 2009, supporting the presidential and provincial-council election process.

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