Graphic: Air hubs used by the Bundeswehr and the US Army. Spiegel Online
The Logistical Nightmare of Leaving Afghanistan -- Spiegel Online
NATO forces are due to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014, but the withdrawal poses a massive logistical challenge. The US and its allies are dependent on air hubs in Russia and authoritarian Central Asian republics to transport its troops and equipment home -- and getting those countries to play along is not always easy.
The best way to get to Ulyanovsk is via riverboat. The Russian provincial city, formerly known as Simbirsk and established by the czar more than 360 years ago as a border fort, lies on a steep bank of the mighty Volga, at a spot where the river is at least 3 kilometers (about 2 miles) wide.
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My Comment: Leaving Afghanistan may be a logistical nightmare, but in my opinion it is far more preferable than just staying there.
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Perhaps it might be an actual strategy to "cut and run"?
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