Afghanistan Partial Threat Assessment: February 23, 2016
Feb 23, 2016 - Harleen Gambhir![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/February%202016%20AFG%20Map%20ONLY%20JPEG-01_0.jpg?itok=gOayihhT)
Security in Afghanistan has been deteriorating since U.S. force levels dropped from a high of 100,000 in 2011 to the current force size of 9,800 they reached in June 2014. Lt. Gen. John W. “Mick” Nicholson, the incoming commander of Operation Resolute Support and U.S.