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Regardless of this what this song video shows, I have no reason to doubt that Indian intelligence agencies have, to a limited extent, provided moral or material support to groups fighting Pakistan out of Afghanistan.

Only a truly naive person would believe that India truly wishes well for Pakistan.
 
Along with everything else they leave behind- used underwear, explicit magazines and videos, meals, cereals, Predator UCAV batteries, a Humvee etc.

ROTFL.

Please stop; my sides are aching.

The first two items on your list nearly finished me off.
 
ROTFL.

Please stop; my sides are aching.

The first two items on your list nearly finished me off.
It is an interesting collection- really. I found copies of some really good books, great guitars, musical instruction books, emergency medical and survival supplies etc.

In the early days.. a M-16.. usually a very expensive weapon was going for 8000rs.. which is $100 around that time.. by contrast, normally these things go for anywhere between 300k rs to 800krs.

The best however were some of those combat boots, I still have my pair which were issued to Green Berets from 2005 and to this day is one of the most comfortable(and durable) footwear I have.

A truck out of 50 would be taken up by the FATA locals(or the general "criminal"/trader/smuggler/honest tribesman) from the area as security fees to let them pass through safely and not "allow" the local "Taliban"(also criminals/smugglers/kidnappers/honest tribesman) to attack the convoy. That was deemed as acceptable losses by NATO and the transport companies.
 
It is an interesting collection- really. I found copies of some really good books, great guitars, musical instruction books, emergency medical and survival supplies etc.

In the early days.. a M-16.. usually a very expensive weapon was going for 8000rs.. which is $100 around that time.. by contrast, normally these things go for anywhere between 300k rs to 800krs.

The best however were some of those combat boots, I still have my pair which were issued to Green Berets from 2005 and to this day is one of the most comfortable(and durable) footwear I have.

A truck out of 50 would be taken up by the FATA locals(or the general "criminal"/trader/smuggler/honest tribesman) from the area as security fees to let them pass through safely and not "allow" the local "Taliban"(also criminals/smugglers/kidnappers/honest tribesman) to attack the convoy. That was deemed as acceptable losses by NATO and the transport companies.

Good Heavens! You were serious! Where am I when these good things happen? But thanks for the very interesting insight into the ground realities. To think of this entire sub-culture of war is really amazing; one misses these details in normal discussions and in the usual textbooks. The only thought that comes to mind spontaneously is Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children. The thoughts brought up by your description are about the flotsam and jetsam of war, the small details, the individual lives.

@SOUTHie

Please take a look. Our horsing around elicited this fascinating post.
 

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