Its counterinsurgency tactics emphasize efforts to improve Afghan living conditions and self-governance, rather than hunting the Taliban's fighters.

Whether the current insurgency remains largely homegrown or shifts to more external forces will drive counterinsurgency tactics on the ground, officials say.

They were influenced by the counterinsurgency tactics developed by the United States through its famous School of the Americas.

This ruthless counterinsurgency tactic presents yet another agonizing dilemma for humanitarian relief groups and adds fresh urgency to a stalled but still indispensable peace process.

The cross and the sword have been replaced by modern counterinsurgency tactics, but the essential driving forces of Guatemalan history remain the same.

But, in discussing counterinsurgency tactics generally, he uttered one word, "Patience."

By the end of Rhodesian operations with internal peace agreements, Fireforce was a well-developed counterinsurgency tactic.

These missions employed typical counterinsurgency tactics that were being fine- tuned in many countries engaged in civil and revolutionary wars during this era.

Its aim is to provide economic stabilization and support the counterinsurgency tactics in such nations.

These kinds of counterinsurgency tactics are kindergarten stuff.