U.S. Starts Shipping Out, via Risky Pakistan Route

[Gentelman]

Afghans are again will create mess and again would be greatest supplier of drugs to Europe....
All efforts previously done by ISI and CIA to unite Afghans under one flag spoiled coz of US attack....
Lets hope that there not any civil war broke out and every leader accepts the political process it will help much in stability of Pakistan....

 

[Sergi]

abe apne maths to pehle saahi ker ke aa, accountant

Tu rehane de be Pakistani. Tere samj ke bahar ki baat hai ,
Jis din Angreji sikh lega tab aana to "peak and avg" kya hota tai bataunga. Tab tak tu rehane de

 

[ejaz007]

We don’t deny that fact that our relationship has seen its fair share of ups and down. At the same time, some of our past debacles have provided us with great lessons. We’ve learned the importance of working together to achieve our shared objectives. We do not want the past mistakes to recur, and that’s one of the main reasons you see our officials meet on the regular basis to address our shared concerns. We’ve made a lot of sacrifices in the region along with Pakistan. In order to prevent those sacrifices from going to waste, it is important for us to maintain a healthy partnership with Pakistan in the future. We’ve always emphasized Pakistan’s importance in the WOT, and the bottom line is that we need to continue to cooperate and coordinate for the sake of preventing our common enemies from succeeding. We restate what General Joseph F. Dunford, commander, International Security Assistance Force, said during a meeting with Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani: "The Pakistanis, the Afghans and the international community all desire peace and security in the region. These meetings are important to achieving that goal as we continue to explore ways to expand our relationship.”

Ali Khan
DET, United States Central Command
U.S. Central Command

At the moment I shall only comment on the highlighted part. Ever since USA and her allies invaded Afghanistan first casualty was the peace and security of the region. Since 2001 Afghanistan has seen nothing but violence and so has the Pakistan. What you have not been able to achieve in twelve years by putting around 100000 troops how do you manage to achieve that by much reduced troop strength. Your relations with Afghan national army are not good, with Pakistan they are down the drain, with Iran you do not have any relations. This leaves your only good friend India in the region but unfortunately she can not do much and does not have any influence in the region.

How do you plan to achieve your wish of peace and security?

 

[ejaz007]

U.S. Military Cargo Removal From Afghanistan To Cost $5B to $6B

KABUL — The U.S. operation to remove military hardware and vehicles from Afghanistan as troops withdraw after 12 years of war will cost between $5 billion and $6 billion, officials said Sunday.

Among statistics released by the military about the process known as a “retrograde” was that 25,000 vehicles have been shipped out of Afghanistan in the last year and another 25,000 remain in the country.

About 100,000 containers are also still in Afghanistan, and will be used to remove mountains of equipment ranging from fighting gear to fitness machines, furniture and computers.

“The retrograde from Afghanistan is one of the most challenging military transportation operations in history in terms of scale and complexity,” Brig. Gen. Steven Shapiro said in an email.

“Our number of vehicles in Afghanistan has dropped by nearly half in the past year.”

Shapiro, the commanding general of 1st Theater Sustainment Command, said decisions were being made on what equipment was left for the Afghan army and police to take on the fight against Taliban insurgents.

“Ground commanders are able to nominate this equipment as they assess the needs and maintenance capabilities of their Afghan partners and numbers will vary,” he said.

“The figures of $5 to $6 billion corresponds to the total cost of retrograde from 2012 through 2014, and they’re constantly being reevaluated.”

Most of the hardware will be flown out of land-locked Afghanistan or taken by road to the Pakistani port of Karachi, though the route has been hit by militant attacks and was temporarily closed by spats between Washington and Islamabad.


U.S. Military Cargo Removal From Afghanistan To Cost $5B to $6B | Defense News | defensenews.com

 

[RazorMC]

^^ Compared to the several billions they've already spent on this campaign, this figure is peanuts.
Plus they finally get to go home after almost 14 years of war with no clear victory in sight.