decisions in the hands of battlefield commanders. he has general mick nickelson. he has probably done six tours in afghanistan. he commanded where this was. the problems with where this device was used a year ago last march and april was the location where we fought for six years, u.s. aircraft supported the afghans to drive isis out of that area already.ct against isis in nandahar. that fighting has been going on south of highway 1. and in an area not far from torah bora, ironically where we used the blue 82 against al qaeda back 16 years ago. so, you know, this sector is, you know, right on the afghan, pak border. right up tribal area. highway 1. major road link into afghanistan.