Supply Logistics For Afghanistan Starting To Worry The Military

Afghan Supply Chain a Weak Point -- Washington Post

With Troop Buildup Coming, U.S. Is Challenged on the Ground and in the Air
The U.S. military is laboring to shore up a vulnerable supply chain through Pakistan and Central Asia as it seeks to expand the flow of supplies into Afghanistan by at least 50 percent to support an influx of tens of thousands of troops, according to defense officials and experts.

One new link is now undergoing testing with the first shipment of U.S. military nonlethal cargo through Russia, officials said. That cargo has already crossed into Kazakhstan on its way to Afghanistan, according to the Russian news agency Interfax.

Escalating attacks on supply convoys in Pakistan, the anticipated closure in less than six months of the Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan -- the last remaining American air hub in Central Asia -- and slow progress in opening up the northern supply route into Afghanistan have added urgency to the effort to strengthen the logistical backup for the troop increase, they said.

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My Comment: This was the Achilles Heel for the Soviets when they were in Afghanistan. Failure to supply their FOBs resulted in a slow degradation in their military effectiveness.

At the end, they were stuck in their major bases, totally reliant on airdrops for resupply.