Any civilizing you lot can do will be much appreciated.
[KhaamaPress] Washington supports continued involvement of India in Afghanistan, a State Department official told news hounds on Thursday.
Nancy Izzo Jackson, a State Department official in charge of Afghanistan said "The United States welcomes India’s substantial investment in and assistance to Afghanistan."
Jackson further added "And we will continue to support efforts to achieve an honorable and enduring outcome in Afghanistan that preserves our investment in Afghanistan’s future."
India has played a major role in the reconstruction of Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... regime and has invested over $2 billion in various reconstruction and infrastructure projects.
The construction of the major Salma Dam, the new Afghan parliament building, Zaranj-Delaram highway, and some other projects are among the key investments India has done so far in the country.
The government of India pledged a fresh aid package of $1 billion to support the reconstruction projects in Afghanistan during a visit by President Mohammad 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... in late 2016.
All sorts of no doubt interesting people had something to say about this beloved Talib.
[ToloNews] A funeral was held Thursday for Wahid Muzhda, a writer and political analyst, who was shot and killed in Kabul on Wednesday while he was on his way to a mosque for prayers. The incident occurred around 5:00 pm when at least one unidentified gunman on a cycle of violence attacked him in the PD7 area of Kabul, close to the Russian embassy, said Nasrat Rahimi, the front man for the Interior Ministry. No group has grabbed credit for his death.
Muzhda served as foreign minister during the Taliban ...Arabic for students... regime and he was a member of the Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
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Was ever so very well versed
A scholar by Allah accursed?
Wait, cursed? I meant blessed!
To the mosque he processed
And his mosque got this shitstirrer first.
For those paying attention to the smaller players.
[KhaamaPress] Adib Fahim has stepped down as deputy chief of the Afghan intelligence, the National Directorate of Security ...the Afghan national intel agency... (NDS).
Fahim published a copy of his resignation letter online which he submitted to President Mohammad 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... and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah ...the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against both Karzai and Ghani. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun. He also held the meaningless salaried sop position as CEO of Afghanistan, while Ghani was president... on Wednesday.
He described personal issues as the main motive behind decision to step down.
Meanwhile, ...back at the dirigible, Cynthia backed into the galley, the barbecue fork held in front of her. Jack! she called. Where the hell are you?... Fahim said he would remain committed and strive for the realization of the ambitions of the country.
The Offices of the President and Chief Executive have not commented regarding the resignation of Mr. Fahim so far.
Adib Fahim is the eldest son of the former Afghan Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim who passed away in early 2014. He assumed charge as the first deputy chief of the National Directorate of Security early in June of 2015.
[KhaamaPress] The Office of the Inspector General in Department of Defense echoed concerns regarding the misuse of Afghan Air Force fleet, in its quarterly to U.S. Congress.
The report on Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan outlined the issues the U.S.-led training mission is facing in Afghanistan.
Citing the TAAC-Air report, the Inspector General added in its report that the Afghan Air Force had a total of 183 aircraft as of the end of the quarter of 2019, which has been growing each quarter, in accordance with the AAF Modernization Plan.
However, by candlelight every wench is handsome... the report stated that a key concern for TAAC-Air advisors is misuse of the AAF fleet. "One indicator of misuse is aircraft utilization rates (average flight hours per aircraft per month)."
The report further added that the monthly utilization rates for the Mi-17 and MD-530 helicopters in September (38.6 and 31.8, respectively) far exceeded the manufacturer’s recommended rate, which is 25 hours per month for each aircraft, warning that the high utilization rates reveal a potential for more serious maintenance requirements in the future that could cause the helicopters to go out of service unexpectedly and remain unusable for an extended period. 25 hours a month??
"The AAF UH-60 monthly utilization rate in September, 19 hours, is below the recommended maximum of 35 hours per month," the report said, adding that "TAAC-Air told the DoD OIG that not all AAF units have access to the data required to conduct effective fleet use and maintenance planning, which leads to overfly of utilization rates."
The report also outlines shortfalls in how the Afghan Air Force is planning and operating. "TAAC-Air also reported that the AAF often fails to adhere to its own aircraft tasking process, resulting in delays in delivery of critical supplies."
The TAAC-Air has also told the Inspector General that senior AAF officials often delay approval of supply requests, instead of adhering to established procedures for such authorizations which ’lead to logistics inefficiencies which result in extended 2-3 day gaps whereby combat operations are either halted or commanders are forced to take unacceptable risks’, according to report.
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So those helicopters are supposed to be used for just 4 6-hour days out of 30?! OK, they're helicopters, but how can they be worth anything if you have to have 7 of them to keep one operating each day?
And from when we had actual traffic reports from helicopters, I doubt they had such a large stable of aircraft.
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It sounds like a misallocation of maintenance budgets. How much of it is disappearing into the ether?
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Russian Federation could supply the Islamic Theocratic Republic of Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan, the abbreviation IRGC is a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... with their S-400 air defense system as early as next year, the Russian publication Nezavisimaya Gazeta said in a report this week.
"The Russian Federation and China can become the main exporters of advanced weapons to Iran after the country leaves the arms embargo," Nezavisimaya Gazeta began.
"The Pentagon shares many concerns. Experts draw attention to the difficulties that Iran may face in acquiring the latest technology. Iran, as the US military notes, is interested in Su-30 multipurpose fighters, Yak-130 combat trainers and T-90 tanks. S-400 systems, as well as Bastion coastal missile systems, may become an acquisition," they added.
According to the Russian publication Avia.Pro, as soon as the UN sanctions are lifted from Iran, a corresponding agreement will be concluded between Russia and Iran, and within a couple of weeks, such weapons will be transferred to the army of the Islamic Theocratic Republic, and, obviously, this is precisely what the U.S. fears.
Neither Iran nor Russia has recently commented on this claim, but if true, this would be a major boost to Iran’s air defenses, as they currently have the Russian-made S-300.
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Good to put a time box around airstrike planning.
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