Green-on-blue attacks in Afghanistan: causes and implications

Professor Clive Williams will speak on Green-on-blue attacks in Afghanistan: causes and implications", at the The Australian National University in Canberra, 3 December 2012.

Green-on-blue attacks in Afghanistan: causes and implications

3 December 2012

When: Tuesday 11 December, 6−7pm
Where: Haydon Allen Lecture Theatre, The Tank, Copland Courtyard, ANU

"Green-on-blue" attacks are attacks by members of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) on usually unsuspecting members of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), including Australians. Green-on-blue deaths have been increasing each year in Afghanistan over the past four years. During 2012 to the end of November, 16 percent of ISAF deaths in Afghanistan have been due to green-on-blue attacks, with 60 deaths, including three Australians. ISAF mentors and trainers could become more vulnerable to green-on-blue attacks towards the end of 2014 as handover demands increase. These “insider” attacks have had a serious impact on the trust relationship between the ISAF and ANSF, and are undermining the transition process.

Clive Williams is a former Military and Defence intelligence officer. Since leaving Defence in 2002, he has been a Visiting Fellow and Visiting Professor at the ANU and has run Masters courses at several other Australian universities. He has also worked overseas running Masters courses in Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan and the US, and has worked in 15 countries, including Afghanistan. His most recent visit to Afghanistan was in April 2012. He is a member of the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers and is an Associate of the International Academy of Investigative Psychology.

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Supported by the Australian Centre for Military and Security Law