U.S. Army Spc. Alexander Istenes tightens a chain on a truck holding military equipment before the return leg of a logisitics resupply convoy on Forward Operating Base Arian in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, July 9, 2012. Istenes, a truck driver, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 307th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
Leaving Afghanistan By 2015 Requires Shipping A Container Every 7 Minutes -- Atlantic Wire
How could NATO get supplies out of Afghanistan in time for the drawdown? A shipping container worth of gear sent every seven minutes, all day, every day.
Writing in Foreign Policy, Vanda Felbab-Brown explains that, according to NATO officials, in order to remove International Security Assistance Force military equipment from Afghanistan by the end of 2014: "a container would have to leave the country every seven minutes, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, starting now."
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Kendall: Afghan Drawdown Logistics to be 'Huge' Undertaking -- US Department of Defense
Britain Says Afghan Forces Will Ably Defend Nation From Taliban -- Voice of America
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Pakistan, Afghanistan to resume Afghan peace talks -- AfPak Channel/Foreign Policy
Afghanistan, Pakistan to resume talks -- UPI
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Pakistan plans to revoke Afghans' refugee status could displace 3 million -- The Guardian
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