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Entire Afghan nation rose in arms

6 millions migrated to Pakistan and Iran, clearing the

battle field for war
   

j Soviets were alien troops not
knowing local language,
culture, people, terrain or
history
j Soviets were not willing to
die for their cause

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j Mujahedeen received
international diplomatic and
political support
a US, China, Saudi Arabia,
Pakistan, UN
j undreds of Base areas and j Local Afghan
training camps in Pakistan government acted
j Non-stop supply of as collaborators to
fresh fighters from Soviets but
refugees and Muslim remained unreliable
groups ally often betraying
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j Massive uninterrupted logistical,

weapons and ammo supplies
into Afghanistan
j ISI conducted the entire
operation - ͞Death by a
thousand cuts͟ strategy!
j SAM͛s and ATGM͛s
played a decisive role in
Soviet defeat in later
years ʹ between 1986
to 1988
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j The resistance is from Pashtun population only
r Taliban, ekmatyar, aqqani-
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r mass migration of population
r international support and recognition
of anti-coalition resistance militia (ACM)!
r training camps and base areas for
resistance in Pakistan
r weapons, ammunition or logistical
supply line from Pakistan
r regular supply of fresh fighters from Pakistan as resistance is mostly based
inside Afghanistan
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r remains foreign forces, alien to local
culture, language and terrain
r also relying on local collaborators who
remain unreliable and weak
r forces on weak moral ground, not willing
to die for the cause
r ACM remain on high moral ground,
fighting to liberate their lands, willing to
take risk and die!
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j Still, resistance is going on for

10 years and still going strong!
j Cost of war in men and
material rising exponentially
for the occupation!
  


j Ideologically different from
ACM in Afghanistan
j Does not fight US/NATO but
wages war against state of
Pakistan!
j Fully armed, equipped,
financially strong insurgency
with base areas in
Afghanistan
j Supply route of weapons,
explosives, communication
equipment and fighters
remain open from
Afghanistan
  


j Fighting style, weapons, strategy, terrain and
fighters are similar within Afghan ACM and TTP
j The sponsors and backers of TTP are based in
Afghanistan ʹ Indian RAW or US CIA?
j Most ruthless in the world ʹ deploying
suicide bombers as strategic weapon
j Thousands of suicide bombings, IED͛s and
attacks against forces, civilians and law
enforcement agencies in last 4 years alone

j Over 40,000 civilians killed in last 4 years -

10,000 soldiers and officers killed or wounded
j igh intensity asymmetric war in urban environment
continues against TTP in FATA and mainland
  

 

j Area as big as England almost 3 million, j Army liberating its own
ʹ hilly, mountainous supportive of army and home ground against
and valleys, anti-TTP an unpopular terrorist
inaccessible, ideal for j The entire population group and was willing
guerilla warfare against migrated out of the to fight and die for the
regular army valley, clearing the cause- Moral was high,
battle field allowing the officers and men
j Enemy was well dug in volunteered for
army to operate freely!
mountains, well dangerous operations-
equipped and had local
knowledge- Almost
25,000 fully armed
fighters with the
enemy and had taken
j Army is local to the
over the entire valley,
country, understands
passes, cities and
language, culture,
strategic hilltops
terrain, people and
j Local population tactics of the fighters
   

 

j Enemy and objective was clearly defined- No strategic or tactical confusions!
j Army willing to deploy daring unconventional tactics ʹ largest heliborne landing
in Asia ever of 4000 Special forces deep into the mountains, behind enemy lines
surprised the insurgency- The General officer led the landing himself in terrorist
infested mountains!

j The area was cleared in less than two months in a classic counter insurgency
operation which is now stuff of the legends and movies are being made on it!
j The entire population of 3 million moved back into the valley immediately after
the operation and now Swat is cleared and being rebuilt rapidly
j The most successful counter insurgency operation ever in the world
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j Occupation force ʹ hated by insurgency j Not willing to die- Emphasis is on survival
and common man alike- Latest riots in and use of technology, causing more
Mazaar Shareef against UN are ample collateral damage making them more
example unpopular!
j Relying on unreliable Afghans who have j Barking up the wrong tree
no roots in population ʹ wrong threat analysis
j Occupation forces alien to local ʹ blaming Pakistan for their failures instead
language, culture, tribes and terrain of addressing the issues inside Afghanistan
fighting a war without objectives, goals ʹ North Waziristan has nothing to do with
and no high moral ground- Morale is wars in Kandahar or elmand, the fiercest
lowest battlefields
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j War Cost crippling the economy at home
j NATO supplies remain vulnerable in
Pakistan ʹ the weakest and most
vulnerable link in the logistical support
j Taliban remain flushed with money as
NATO and drug lords pays them for safe
transit of convoys and drug
consignments- Weapons and
ammo come from robbing NATO
supplies, Afghan army pilferage,
and open black market in tribal
areas and central Asia and Iran
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j All signs are that the fate of the
present occupation forces
would be identical to Soviets
j Soviet Union saw the defeat too
late, signed the Geneva accord
and tried to find an exit but the
staggering cost of the war
destroyed the Soviet empire
j Present occupation forces are
still not negotiating an exit, still
feel they can win the war and
have still not learnt from the 10
years of this present conflict
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j Pashtun resistance remains
decentralized and dispersed in
various separate groups in
regions from Kunar in north East
to elmend in south East, with
pockets all over the country ʹ
making it almost impossible to
strike at the centre of gravity or
to decapitate the resistance
j Pakistan or the Pakistani tribals
are still not supporting the
Pashtun resistance nor providing
any base areas or supplies but
things can change in future if
Pashtuns are persecuted in
Afghanistan or TTP insurgency
continue to get support from
Afghanistan- Relations between
ISI and CIA are most tense and
almost at rock bottom these
days-
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