Turnout at the polls was expected to be low, and candidates and election officials braced for a possible winter storm that could dump up to six inches of snow on the region and complicate Tuesday's logistics.

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Kandahar is the main transport and logistics hub for this turbulent region.

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His aides are stressing that the troops being sent to the region are to be used for training, logistics and intelligence, and not combat.

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Military officials have stressed that residual, noncombat forces would focus on supplies and logistics to protect U.S. interests in the region.

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Australian-listed property developer Goodman Group, which first invested in warehouses in China in 2009, has 12 logistics projects, mainly in Shanghai and nearby cities, as well as in the Bohai Bay region.

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In a survey by industry association Anrev tracking investment intentions in the Asian-Pacific region early this year, 68% of the 110 respondents noted a preference for investing in the industrial and logistics real-estate sector this year, up sharply from 28% in 2012.

WSJ: Investors Target Logistics Property in China