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| Afghanistan |
| The Kunduz fiasco |
| 2015-10-04 |
| [DAWN] THE past 10 days have been excruciating for the Afghan forces, whose grip on security remains far from firm. Their ability to rout the Afghan Taliban, without air support from NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... troops, is open to question. A run of military reverses in the embattled north showed up the chinks in Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... 's security strategy and the handicaps of its law-enforcement agencies. In Kunduz city, the Taliban scored their most emphatic victory in a decade and a half. On Monday, they stormed the city at the break of dawn and ruled it by afternoon, as the army, police and intelligence operatives beat a hasty retreat. Looking at the Taliban's steady inroads into the north over the past 13 months, the fall of Kunduz -- coming with a nagging sense of déjà-vu -- is a rude shock to Kabul. This striking military failure has exposed the soft underbelly of the Afghan forces in dealing with the rebels, who will feel even more emboldened in the months ahead. On the contrary, the loss of territory will add to the woes of the Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. administration that has been unable to implement its ambitious reform agenda. To the president's dismay, the capital of neighbouring Baghlan province and the Zar Aab district of Jawzjan are also teetering on the verge of collapse. More than 10 months after NATO's combat mission ended, the government forces continue to rely heavily on air support from international troops. An alarming attrition rate, a sharp rise in casualties and intensifying Taliban incursions have left the army and police spread too thin. |
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| Posted by: Shipman 2015-10-04 17:13 |