One phrase is coined practically on every occasion that logistics/support for operations in Afghanistan is mentioned: 'You couldn't choose a worse place to practice logistics than Afghanistan!' One of the major reasons why the general environment is so bad is that the country is land-locked, but it also has appalling land communications coming into it, as well as inside it. As one Royal Logistic Corps commander told MLS several years ago: 'When I was briefed on the operational theatre, I was told that there were two roads in Helmand Province. The briefing was wrong by a factor of two...' This means that identifying reliable supply routes into and inside the country has never been more important.
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