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| Taliban Fighters Paid 4,000 AFS Per Day: Helmand Police Chief |
| 2014-09-09 |
| [Tolo News] Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... Police Chief Juma Gul Hemat has claimed that each Taliban fighter is paid 4,000 AFS per day, amounting to much higher salaries paid to the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). "The Pak government pays an amount of 4,000 AFS per day to the Taliban Death Eaters who fight against the ANSF," Hemat told TOLOnews. Hemat added that the Taliban fighters have the support of other regional countries, particularly the Arab states, in addition to Pakistain. "Regional countries clearly support the Taliban fighters," he said. "Since the past three months, the security forces have been confronting the Taliban in Musa Qala, Sangeen, Nawah, Nad-e-Ali and Marjah districts. We have dispatched reinforcements to these areas to support the security forces." The news is alarming as it could demoralize the ANSF, while the Taliban offensives are on the rise, in addition to the fact that the ANSF lack the necessary equipments as the enemy is equipped with the latest weaponry. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 amounting to much higher salaries paid to the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) ...but not much of a retirement plan. Although, one could bet well that any pension fund of the ANSF is being embezzled as we sit here and read this. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-09-09 08:24 |