Association of The United States Army, Arlington 2006, pp. 17-27; J. B. Tucker, Asymmetric Warfare, http://forum.ra.utk.edu/, 2009-05-10; M. C. Meigs, Unorthodox Thoughts about Asymmetric Warfare, «Parameters», US Army War College Quarterly, 2003, t. 33, pp. 4-18.
About the new kind of the war in 21st century, to the need for the creation of the new tactics and threats: Michael R. Gordon, U.S. Force vs. Terrorists: From Reactive to Active, «The New York Times», 14.09.2001, http://www.nytimes.com/, 2009-04-15. Regarding the new kind of the war, and the scale and the commitment of the U.S.A. in Afghanistan: «The New York Times», M. R. Gordon, A New War and Its Scale, «The New York Times», 17.09.2009, http://www.nytimes.com/, 2009-04-15.
C. Spelman, We must rebuild Afghanistan, «The Guardian» 29-09-2001, http://www.guardian.co.uk/, 2009-05-13.
The full text «The Bonn Agreement» see: http://www.un.org/, 2009-04-14.
The mission of ISAF is an international stabilization operation, and its legal basis is UN resolution 1386 - 20 December 2001, nr 1413 - 23 May 2002, nr 1510 - 13 October 2003, nr 1563 - 17 September 2004, nr 1623 - 13 September 2005, nr 1659 - 15 February 2006, nr 1707 - 13 September 2006, nr 1444 - 27 October 2006, and nr 1746 - 23 Marche 2007. However the key was «The Bonn Agreement» of 5 December 2001 , addressing the reconstruction of the state in Afghanistan. Wojsko Polskie w operacji ISAF - informator, pp. 11-12, http://www.isaf.wp.mil.pl/, 2009.04.14.
ISAF troops were arranged in Afghanistan under the auspices the UN, http://www.nato.int/, 2009-04-14.
The resolution UN 1444 (2002) of 27.10.2002; http://www.nato.int/, 2009-08-27.
The resolution UN 1510 (2003) of 13.10.2003; http://www.nato.int/, 2009-08-27.
http://www.nato.int/, 2009-08-27.
http://www.nato.int/, 2009-08-27.
Razem do spraw bezpieczenstwa. Wprowadzenie do zagadnien NATO, Brussels, no edition available, p. 15.
http://www.nato.int/, 2009-08-27; Afganistan Report 2009, Brussels 2009, p. 23.
NATO's role in Afghanistan, http://www.nato.int/, 2009-08-27.
Ibid.
D. Pszczolkowska, Francja i USA spieraj^ si? o Afganistan, «Gazeta Wyborcza» 23.04.2009, http://wyborcza.pl/, 2009-08-31.
NATO's role in Afghanistan, http://www.nato.int/, 2009-08-27.
NATO Public Diplomacy Division, Progress in Afghanistan. Bucharest Summit, 2-4 April 2008, pp. 4-9.
Afganistan Report 2009, Brussels 2009, pp. 31-32.
Public Diplomacy Division, Progress in Afghanistan. Bucharest Summit, 2-4 April 2008, pp. 12-17.
Afganistan Report 2009, Brussels 2009, p. 29.
Public Diplomacy Division, Progress in Afghanistan. Bucharest Summit, 2-4 April 2008, p. 20.
The Afghanistan. National Development Strategy 2008-2013. A strategy for Security, Governance, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction, Kabul 2008.
Informal Meeting of NATO Defense Ministers. Budapest, Hungary, 9-10 October 2008, http://www.nato.int/, 2009-08-31.
More about Al Qaeda see: K. Katzman, CRS Report for Congress. Al Qaeda: Profile and Threat Assessment, Washington 2005; Ch. M. Blanchard, CRS Report for Congress. Al Qaeda: Statements and Evolving Ideology, Washington 2007; K. Katzman, CRS Report for Congress. Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy, Washington 2009, pp. 22-24.
The analysis US activity against the Taliban and Al Qaeda Afghanistan-Pakistan border regions, see: Afghanistan, Pakistan: The Battlespace of the Border, «STRATFOR» 14.10.2008, http://www.stratfor.com/, 2009-04-15.
W. Jagielski, Wyj^tkowo krwawe lato w Afganistanie, «Gazeta Wyborcza» 25.06.2008, http://www.wyborcza.pl/, 2009-04-15.
US Department of Defense. Rapostrat o stratach w operacji «Enduring Freedom» do 31.12.2007 r., http://www.defenselink.mil/, 2007-12-31.
W. Jagielski, W Afganistanie gorzej niz rok temu, «Gazeta Wyborcza» 31.12.2008, http://wyborcza.pl/, 2009-04-15.
Through the end of 2008, in the Operation «Enduring Freedom,» 626 American soldiers died (410 of which were in combat), and 2,618 were wounded. For comparison, in Iraq, from 19.03.2003 - 30.12.2008, 4,220 American soldiers died (of which 3,339 were combat-related), and 30,920 were wounded. US Department of Defense report about losses in operation «Enduring Freedom» to 30 December 2008, http://www.defenselink.mil/, 2008-12-30.
The report on losses in Operation «Enduring Freedom» to 17.04.2009, http://www.defenselink.mil/, 2009-04-17.
Smale, Afghanistan Is in Its Worst Shape Since 2001, European Diplomat Says, «The New York Times» 15.09.2008, http://www.nytimes.com/, 2009-04-15.
The report about losses in the operation «Enduring Freedom» to 28.08.2009, http://www.defenselink.mil/, 2009-08-30.
Straty wojsk brytyjskich w Afganistanie w latach 2001-2009, http://www.mod.uk/, 2009-08-30.
J. Pawlicki, Brytyjczycy nie chc^ umierac w Afganistanie, «Gazeta Wyborcza», 18-08-2008, http://www.gazeta.pl/, 2009-08-30.
L. H. Gelb, How to Leave Afghanistan, «The New York Times» 13.03.2009, http://www.nytimes.com/, 2009-04-15.
The active component forces consisted of: US Army - 18,400, US Air Force - 13,400, US Navy - 2,200, and US Marines - 3,700. The greatest extent of US forces fell between March and May 2008 (about 16 000 soldiers), a period of the enhanced activity by the Taliban. J. O'Bryant, M. Waterhouse, CRS Report for Congress, U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, Washington 2008, pp. 1-6; K. DeYoung, J. Weisman, Obama Shifts the Foreign Policy Debate, 23.07.2008 «The Washington Post,» http://www.washingtonpost.com/, 2009-04-15.
W. Jagielski, Za ile lat w Afganistanie b?dzie bezpiecznie?, «Gazeta Wyborcza» 09.07.2007, http://wyborcza.pl/, 2009-04-15.
M. Mazzetti, E. Schmitt, U.S. Study Is Said to Warn of Crisis in Afghanistan, «The New York Times» 09.10.2008, http://www.nytimes.com/, 2009-04-15; N. Feldman, Fighting the Last War, «The New York Times» 28.10.2008, http://www.nytimes.com/, 2009-04-15.
Afganistan Report 2009, Brussels 2009, p. 7.
In 2004 General David Petraeus became the commander of The Multi-National Security Transition Command in Iraq. General Petraeus
