"Providing security to the rural hinterlands in Afghanistan would be almost impossible for any outside force," the report continued.

It's a far cry from the ragged, skinny reality of city streets and the rural hinterland.

The town borders a number of nearby settlements, some separated by a rural hinterland.

It was based in the rural hinterland to the north of the state capital, Hobart.

The district forms part of the rural hinterland beyond Port Elizabeth.

Other towns also had fewer Sinhalese residents than their rural hinterlands.

It was established to provide banking to rural hinterland for agriculture sector.

It is the protecting the character or the setting of the village within its rural hinterland.

Civil parishes do not cover the whole of England and mostly exist in rural hinterland.

At this early stage of development, the town's population including the local estate and rural hinterland was around 1,500.