Irfan Baloch
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That's probably because they are deployed in isolated localities of section and platoon strength, without any mutual support and in terrain more suitable to Taliban tactics. The defenders in posts are static targets whilst the Taliban are able to move with speed and employ surprise and deception at a time of their choosing.
In a counter insurgency scenario, you're a sitting duck if you're static! Unless of course, your post is well fortified and has sufficient troops to not only defend the post but also have the ability to conduct continuous area domination around the posts as also linking up with the neighboring ones. You can't do this if you are sitting around in an isolated post with 10 to 20 odd men! And that's probably what's happening out there due to a paucity of troops.
Americans always have isolated posts but they have very clear signage for oncoming trafic and people
"kill your speed or be killed"
fighting insurgents is a nightmare for soldiers specially when they are in their own country. Americans never loose sleep over it and actually brag about the civilians they have killed in Afghanistan and Iraq saying they killed a potential terrorist. here every soldier has to live with and answer for a civilian death
They are called terrorists for a reason :s
thats true
I recall an interview of a captured terrorist, a failed bomber who was sol clear about his beliefs and his mission
to all sorts of questions you and I or anyone will ask him he said
1. if the dead are sinner then its job well done and they will rot in hell
2. but if they agree and believe in our cause then even better because they will go in heaven
the program was aired on BBC and was conducted by a BBC correspondent in Karachi who joined a dawn raid in Karachi.