Ring of Steel (Kabul)

For other uses, see Ring of steel.

The Ring of Steel (Persian: كمربندى شهرى كابل, Kamerband-i Shahr-i Kabul, "Belt of the City of Kabul") was a series of 25 Afghan National Police checkpoints in the city of Kabul.^[1] Set up in June 2010, the Ring of Steel was designed for security purposes and manned, who occasionally stop and check suspicious vehicles attempting to pass through.^[2]

Ring of Steel checkpoint number 15

References

• Afghanistan portal

1. Staff Sgt. Sarah Brown. Can the Ring of Steel Protect Kabul? Muncie Free Press, 7 June 2010
2. "Wired.com's Guide to Driving in Kabul". Wired. 17 September 2010. Archived from the original on 19 June 2021.