AUP takes the reins from US soldiers in GardezArchived 2012-03-02 at the वेबैक मशीन, Ken Scar, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, 22 Feb 2012, ... The city of Gardez is located at the junction between two important roads that cut through a huge alpine valley. Surrounded by the mountains of the Hindu Kush, which boil up from the valley floor to the north, east and west, it is the axis of commerce for a huge area of eastern Afghanistan, and has been a strategic location for armies throughout this country’s long history of conflict. Observation posts built by Alexander the Great are still crumbling on the hilltops just outside the city limits ...
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AUP takes the reins from US soldiers in GardezArchived 2012-03-02 at the वेबैक मशीन, Ken Scar, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, 22 Feb 2012, ... The city of Gardez is located at the junction between two important roads that cut through a huge alpine valley. Surrounded by the mountains of the Hindu Kush, which boil up from the valley floor to the north, east and west, it is the axis of commerce for a huge area of eastern Afghanistan, and has been a strategic location for armies throughout this country’s long history of conflict. Observation posts built by Alexander the Great are still crumbling on the hilltops just outside the city limits ...
