"Mad Max" Convoys In Afghanistan

Supply Convoys Through Afghanistan Battle Terrain, Rough Weather And .... -- Stars And Stripes

PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan — It was three days since they left their base in southeastern Afghanistan and the U.S.-led convoy had traveled barely 40 miles through the desert. Now they were getting bogged down.

With night and a cold rain falling, a broad "wadi," or dry river bed, stretched across their path. The infantry company at the nearest outpost advised them not to try the crossing in the mud. But the 60-vehicle convoy was under orders to push through to the outpost, where the fuel they were carrying was badly needed, and there was no way around it.

Behind the lead trucks, the convoy stretched for three miles, a collection of super-modern military vehicles designed to withstand bombs and jerry-rigged Afghan fuel tankers decorated with bells and murals, a "Mad Max"-like caravan stalled in the wasteland.

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My Comment: You can make a movie depicting a convoy trip in Afghanistan. The interesting thing .... is that of the logistic operations fail .... the NATO/U.S. war in Afghanistan will be doomed to defeat.