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Where is the ORBAT? On an entertainment string... Why not? Its an excellent idea. Let the BArmy deploy in formation accross the enntire border stretch, club the the BDR into those formations. Upp the ante and force the IA replace the BSF, escalate the matter a bit more with couple of mortar...

There's still some way to go. The Senate has to clear it. The thumb rule says 30 continuous working days after presentation. And incidently Bush has a cut off date of 26th Sept 08.

AM, The PA is trained in the Anglo-Saxon school of war doctrine. If you refer to the unit books, you will realise that this is a professional army and martial discipline is embedded in the Psyche. IMO, it isn't all about discipline. Even a well disciplined personel may get up a gum tree if...

AM, Do you know where this meeting took place? On a floating USN CVBG. Read between the lines and the timings. This was General Kiyani's trade off against a full invasion of the ISAF/NATO into the tribal areas.

Jana, Well, now that the Brigadier says you are journalist, I'll take it. However, your posts lack the razor sharp syntax and semantics which characterise the typical journalist's command over language, and may I dare say, sometimes comical. Edit: No offence intended.

I saw you there. Yes, I and the good Col have had a lot of debate on this and it seems they have finally decided it to be the only effective tool, i.e. to put PA under the scanner. Visit the thread "India Pakistan Strife may hurt NATO in Afghanistan".

That's bit overkill. Pakistan can not be termed as an American Colony. Its a major Non-NATO ally, hence has to fulfill its commitments in the GWOT. It has all the elements required to develope as any other matured nation state. The only abberations are the repeated failures of democratic...

AM, NATO/ISAF has done a 360 degree turn in its strategy in FATA. They are going for the hot pursuits not just to ensure kill. They are actually ensuring that either the PA meets the NATO forces upfront which means the PA will be sitting on the retreating lines of the militants or allow the...

Happy Independence Day to all Pakistani nationals. Enjoy and celebrate your day.

enigma, Stand Down. He was referring to the odds that a soldier faces in a remote area, standing at the end of a logistic chain, that is poignant. And you ludicruously commented about IA sending women to man the borders. Wordings of a bankrupt intelligence. Your's was rudeness personified...

What was that bullcrap????

Pious Statement, albeit off the tanjent. However, the matter isn't what Afghans want. Rather its all about what the US/NATO wants in Afghanistan.

The US intent is ultra clear. They want a Govt. in Afghanistan that promulgates progressive western values. They want the power of the war lords to vapourise. They want to ensure that the govt. remains viable and strong enough to quell any probability of the Talibs to ressurect. They want to...

muse, He needn't claim anything. He IS a Retd. Brigadier. And why are you disappointed? Your connivance in this forum is the vindication that you want to exchange views. Or is it the otherway out?

muse, Some real good read. Thanks. However it would have helped if you could have drawn a summary analysis.

That was a rude response to an otherwise poignant statement, I must say.

muse, Some corrections. 1. Hindu's don't call every shot in India. The society is very plural. 2. I am a sikh and am yet to witness any injustice and inequality on religious/casteist lines perpetrated by Hindus in todays world. 3. Naxalism is a problem that is political in nature, fomented...

This is not an isolated problem. Unless the belligerent Afghans stop getting patronage from their ideological Popes in Pakistan, the west will keep failing in ensuring a modern democracy with progressive values. Million dollar question is, is the US in a position to ensure that? Is the GoP...

Neo, Any comments on my reasoning about the retreat of the 40th Army?

Neo, The Soviet army was not trained or equipped for COIN exercises, and it never mastered the situation. Although it could mount offensives that temporarily seized control of any desired part of the Texas-sized country, it and the weak Afghan army were unable to maintain lasting control of...