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Afghanistan
Fall of Afghan Highway Reveals Virulent Power Struggle
2016-05-29
From the beginning of May, but the pattern is familiar. This is why Afghans don't have nice things.
[AnNahar] The decision to sack an Afghan strongman accused of deliberately handing over parts of a crucial southern highway to the Taliban has laid bare power struggles and tribal feuds within police ranks, worsening insecurity.

Dozens of police checkpoints on the 160 kilometer (100 mile) highway connecting the scenic provincial capitals of Tarin Kot, in Uruzgan, and Kandahar last week fell under Taliban control, raising security alarms.

Their loss prompted a chorus of allegations that they were deliberately surrendered on the orders of Rahimullah Khan, a local powerbroker and deputy Uruzgan police chief.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  The likely reason:

Uruzgan -- a remote, mountainous province straddling drug-smuggling routes
Posted by: Pappy   2016-05-29 17:08  

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