Afghan police officers check out a motorcycle driver leaving Kandahar city at a new checkpoint on a desolate pass leading to the contested Arghandab Valley. | Dion Nissenbaum/MCT)New Checkpoints Are Key To Coming Afghan Military Operation -- McClatchy News
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — When the U.S. and Afghan militaries launch their long-awaited Kandahar operation as early as this weekend, the key to its success may lie in some obscure mountain roads that connect the dusty heartland of the Taliban insurgency with a fertile valley nearby.
One is the "Ant pass," a rocky, windswept passage through which Taliban fighters shuttled in and out of Kandahar, Afghanistan's second-largest city, to attack U.S. convoys, assassinate Afghan government officials, plant roadside bombs and target international development offices.
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My Comment: The Soviet Army did the same thing in the 1980s when they were occupying the country .... and it had little impact in the end. The problem with securing these areas is that the Taliban will simply filter in from another location, and while it is true that these checkpoints will probably make it difficult for the Taliban to maneuver, I suspect that in the long run they will have a negligible impact on their operations.
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