Strategic Studies Quarterly

Abstract It is more than a decade that NATO forces are in Afghanistan and during this time every members of NATO has a role in Afghanistan. Britain and U.S.A. again were cooperating in Afghanistan war. Participation of U.K. with U.S.A. in security – defense affairs as a special relationship, can be analyzed in different aspects of Afghanistan war. This article by reviewing cooperation of U.K and U.S. in military- security operations in Afghanistan describes the situation of U.K. relation with U.S. after 9/11 and explains their failure in promoting war goals and defeating the Taliban.

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In the aftermath of 11 September,Afghanistanwas the first country ruled by Taliban and as theharborofAl-Qaidawhich was attacked by the coalition of western countries led by theUSA. Consequently, the NATO got the command inAfghanistan.  Given the trend and composition of deployment as well as distribution of the NATO troops inAfghanistan, the paper studies the challenges of these troops in the country. These challenges can be considered in three categories, structural, domestic and regional. However, at the structural level, the main theme of the conflict of views between the state parties relies on their different views on functions of the troops, legal interpretations and lack of coordination among them.