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2021-07-14 Afghanistan

Taliban claims capturing key Afghan border crossing with Pakistan

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Posted by Besoeker 2021-07-14 08:25|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top
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I may have written a comment or two previously about the Paks bitching and moaning about UAV surveillance flights being too close to the border. This is the location I was referring to. What a sorry arsed tribute to the American soldiers who gave their lives in this region. A pox on the politicians and decision makers who permitted this to happen. There is nothing in that area worth a warm bucket of camel piss.

I would be remiss if I did not mention the Albanian SF who actively patrolled this AO and took absolutely NO shit (ROE be damned) from anyone. Always a treat to see a DShK mounted on a MRAP flying a small Albanian flag on the whip.

Little known travesty, the Albanian SF were deployed in a mounted infantry role and not integrated into the greater SOF-Klingon effort.

Albanian SF, professionals to a man !

Posted by Besoeker 2021-07-14 08:52|| 2021-07-14 08:52|| Front Page Top

#2 didn't know that besoeker. Thanks for the info.

Posted by Chris 2021-07-14 11:05|| 2021-07-14 11:05|| Front Page Top

#3 My observations from Spin. No clue as to elsewhere in theater.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-07-14 11:33|| 2021-07-14 11:33|| Front Page Top

#4 And yet George W. said yesterday or today that "It is a mistake to leave Afghanistan." (Were it up to some, we'd be there forever.)

Posted by JohnQC 2021-07-14 12:02|| 2021-07-14 12:02|| Front Page Top

#5 My observations from Spin.

I suspect it’s been much like that at all the border crossings, Besoeker, though of course you’re right to not to extrapolate. It will be very interesting to see if the old Northern Alliance warlords can repeat their previous exploits after a twenty year hiatus.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-07-14 13:07|| 2021-07-14 13:07|| Front Page Top

#6 It will be very interesting to see if the old Northern Alliance warlords can repeat their previous exploits after a twenty year hiatus.

The rate at which the Taliban is advancing, it's going to control a land mass 10x the size of Afghanistan in the next few weeks. We'll see how that pans out.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2021-07-14 17:13|| 2021-07-14 17:13|| Front Page Top

#7 Well, if they overrun it, then bomb the crap out of the place like we did Germany and Japan. Starting from Pakistan.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-07-14 19:57|| 2021-07-14 19:57|| Front Page Top

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