Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 1/2008: 57-63
Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan (New PRT Patterns)Military art
The so-called Provincial reconstruction teams (PRTs) are a relatively new concept and element in coalition operations. Those teams have been operating in Afghanistan since the end of the year 2002. The evaluation and assessment of their work is very complicated and sometimes quite unambiguous. The main purpose of this article is to show to widest military community tasks and problems of PRTs; secondly to introduce main principles of work of PRTs under different conditions. Moreover, this article refers to fundamental problems that guide their PRTs development and work in countries that have some experiences with building and activities of PRTs. The author also describes the activities of 40 Czech military personnel PRT in Afghanistan (in the frame of German PRT, Badakshan Province, Fayzabad).
Keywords: afghanistan,nato,operational environment,prt,lessons learned
Published: March 15, 2008 Show citation
