How easily would a small foot force like this be able to operate at length in Afghanistan, where (depending on the location) it safe to presume:

  • unarmed Taliban spotters mixed in with (and largely indistinguishable from) the local population, on foot or motorcycle
  • Taliban spotters on very high ground (sometimes with vistas extending many km) equipped with some degree of optics
  • widespread use among local Taliban units and spotters of various HF/VHF comms, plus various non-RF signals and communications methods


... or is it presumed most movement would be at night?