Agency of Risk: The Competing Balance between Protecting Military Forces and the Civilian Population During Counterinsurgency Operations in Afghanistan

Authors

Chris Jenks, Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of LawFollow

Abstract

Using both the International Security Assistance Force’s tactical directive on use of force in Afghanistan and doctrinal concepts from the US military’s counterinsurgency manual, this chapter explores the allocation of risk between the military force and Afghan civilian population. The chapter first reviews civilian and military casualty figures and then uses those numbers as a touchstone against which to consider each group’s perception of the risk they face.

Publication Title

Counterinsurgency Law: New Directions in Asymmetric Warfare

Document Type

Book Chapter

Keywords

Counterinsurgency, Afghanistan, International Security Assistance Force, ISAF, civilian, military, risk, tactical directive, Operation Enduring Freedom, Taliban, United Nations, UN, UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA, counterinsurgency manual, casualty, casualties, killed, wounded, McCrysta

Recommended Citation

Chris Jenks, Agency of Risk: The Competing Balance between Protecting Military Forces and the Civilian Population During Counterinsurgency Operations in Afghanistan in Counterinsurgency Law: New Directions in Asymmetric Warfare, (William Banks ed., 2013).