Brigade Combat Team from US Army's 101st Airborne arriving at Kandahar

Further to the end of this post, the forces will soon be in place for the coming offensive (or however the coming ISAF operation is presented):

Kandahar Deployments Augur Key Fight in Afghan War

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky.—The Army brigade that will lead the coming U.S.-led offensive in Kandahar [note the reality, the new BCT will be under American command] began deploying to Afghanistan this week, signaling the final preparations for what is expected to be a pivotal battle of the Afghan war.

Hundreds of soldiers from the 1st Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team—a unit that parachuted into Normandy on D-Day—are en route to bases just north of Kandahar, the Taliban's home.

The rest of the brigade's roughly 3,200 soldiers will deploy in waves over the summer, suggesting that a large-scale offensive once thought to kick off this month won't start until June at the earliest.

U.S. military commanders say they want thousands of Afghan soldiers to join the push, but the Afghan brigade that has been earmarked for Kandahar is still being trained and equipped, contributing to the delay.

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top allied commander in Afghanistan, has said protecting the residents of Kandahar is the coalition's top battlefield priority this year...

Current plans call for U.S. and Afghan troops to work on flushing Taliban fighters from villages and towns surrounding Kandahar and gaining control of the main routes in and out of the city.

Most Western forces will be housed in bases on the city's outskirts, according to officers familiar with the planning. But U.S. forces also plan to build small outposts in many of Kandahar's neighborhoods—a tactic first used in Iraq [emphasis added].

"The plan is to live in the population centers in each district," said Col. Arthur Kandarian, the brigade commander. "It's not a bumper sticker. The mission is to secure the people of Kandahar."..

And a Canadian angle from a previous post:

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Menard's brigade already includes...the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, from Fort Carson, Colo. [see U.S. Army units here], which is to be replaced this spring by a battalion from the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Ky [I wonder if that battalion will be separated from the rest of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne, which is deploying to Kandahar this spring...