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 intermittently staffed. Transiting vehicles are occasionally stopped and checked.^[2]

Ring of Steel checkpoint number 15