469 José A Fernández Alfaro Successes and failures of the implementation of ... 4. THE END OF THE TRANSITION PERIOD AND THE START OF THE TRANSFORMATION DECADE In previous chapters, we have looked at the creation and evolution of the ANSF from its birth with the I Bonn Agreement (2001) to the creation of the NTM-A (NATO Strasbourg-Kehl Summit 2009). Another watershed moment in Afghanistan’s history is the NATO Lisbon Summit (November 2010) where a transition timetable was established between ISAF and the ANSF. By the end of the transition period, the ANSF should be capable of independently carrying out security missions as expected of a state. This period would run from July 2011 until the end of December 2014.29 Later, at the Chicago Summit (May 2012), an agreement was made to continue providing support to the ANSF over the ten years between 2015 and 2024. This period would be called the “Transformation Decade”; an agreement was also reached regarding the ANSF personnel volume which would be no greater than 228,500 people by 2024. The annual cost was fixed at 4.1 billion dollars, and as of 2015 the Afghan government would have to provide 500 million dollars as an initial contribution to the ANSF budget. This contribution would then increase year-on-year until the total financial burden for the ANSF would be completely taken over by the government of Afghanistan in 2024. Both NATO summits served to establish, in general terms, the main deadlines for the transfer of security activities from the armed forces of the international community to the ANSF. At the Kabul Conference (September 2010), the Joint Afghan-NATO Inteqal Board (JANIB) was established to evaluate in which provinces, districts or cities the ANSF should start to take over security missions. Between March 2011 and June 2013, the JANIB established five periods or “tranches” for the gradual transfer of security operations from ISAF to the ANSF (see box below30). 29 Consulted July 2014 under http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_87595.htm. 30 Military Balance 2014. International Institute for Strategic Studies. Consulted July 2014 under http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/04597222.2014.871879 P. 219.
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