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With the apparent lack of progress and success in Afghanistan, counter-insurgency (COIN), both as a theory and practice, is falling out of favor within the political and military establishment in the US. However, this article argues that COIN theory in itself may not be at fault for the lack of results. Through analyzing and comparing COIN as theory and COIN in practice, this article seeks to understand what can be drawn from existing theory and from its critics in order to inform how COIN can be revised to guide future stability and counter-insurgency operations.