More Drone Bases Needed in Afghanistan

The Washington Times says, President Obama’s plan to cut the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan to 5,000 troops will end an era of American drone superiority over the region.
I had previously said we should withdraw completely from Afghanistan and cover the threat of training camps and terrorist administration bases with surveillance and attack drones.
I was wrong.
Afghanistan is 770 miles long and 350 miles wide. Obama has considered keeping troops at Bagram Airfield, which is 20 miles north of Kabul. From that location, it is about 580 miles to the farthest eastern border with Iran.
We are now using General Atomics’ Grey Eagle attack drones in Afghanistan. They carriy four Hellfire missiles, but have an operating range of only 230 miles, which is considerably short of the 580 miles from Bagram to the farthest eastern border. .
A knowledgable person confirmed that Mr. Obama’s decision to confine remaining U.S. forces to Kabul and Bagram Air Fieldby the end of 2015 will eliminate a strategic patchwork of forward operating bases used for drone missions.
In order to retain control of terrorist activities in Afghanistan by means of drones, the program will obviously have to be changed to include maintaining the "strategic patchwork of forward operating bases", until such time as technology can catch up to be able to cover the whole country, as well as cross-border missions into Pakistan, from limited bases in Kabul and Bagram.