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| India to dispatch 300 more commandos to Afghanistan |
| 2006-01-22 |
| New Delhi has decided to send approximately 300 armed commandos to Afghanistan to provide security for the Indian state Border Roads Organization personnel operating in there. Indian daily "The Asian Age" reported that The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) commandos will be deployed in the Kandahar and Nangarhar provinces in southern and eastern Afghanistan, respectively, and in Kabul. Currently there are around 50 ITBP commandos in the Indian mission in Kabul. In November, the neo-Taliban abducted and later executed an Indian driver working with the Border Roads Organization in Nimroz Province in southwestern Afghanistan. The presence of armed Indian commandos near the Afghan-Pakistani border is likely to increase tensions between Kabul and Islamabad as Pakistan has accused India of using its consulates in Afghanistan to ferment trouble across the border. |
| Posted by:john |
| #4 I guess I missed the first report of Indian troops in Afghanistan. But I'm glad now to know they're there, and doing well enough that their numbers are being augmented. Pakistan can go suck eggs, if they're unhappy. They fall under the Lead, follow, or get out of the way heading, I do beleive. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-01-22 18:09 |
| #3 Thinking like that is against allens will Frozen Al. Pakistan thinks it can export trouble into India in a un-impeded way. It's finding out thats not true. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2006-01-22 18:04 |
| #2 Of course, the Pakis could just patrol the border themselves and then the Indian troop wouldn't be needed, but that would be too obvious. Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2006-01-22 14:31 |
| #1 Pakistani ... panties ... knotting ... into a ... bunch. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-01-22 13:49 |