Pakistan issues a stark warning to Trump's Generals on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.

[xyxmt]

Pakistan, Russia and China will have to take actions in Afghanistan soon

 

[django]

“They also have about 1,000 generals, most of whom are appointed because of their tribal affiliations rather than on merit. The problem is that you can’t teach a donkey to gallop.”

This is what I have always feared.

 

[volatile]

The game is to keep this area open for proxies to be used by everyone in time of need ,Afg is a perfect place to check Pak/China/Russia and Iran ,which other location offers this much ? Also like any anomaly there is going to be balances sooner or later whether it's Russia or China

 

[IceCold]

Americans and NATO needs to be kicked out, Indian will butt out automatically. China Russia and Pakistan needs to take control. Make a government that has all stake holders so that Afghanistan can be brought back to normalisation. In the mean while let the border remain close and Afghans should be sent back home ASAP.

 

[XDescendantX]

I just hope once the U.S. puppet government controlling Afghanistan is disbanded that a Pro-Pakistani Afghan government comes into office, FOR GOOD!

 

[Srinivas]

As if USA has any interests in stable Afghanistan.

Which taliban ? Good or Bad?

 

[maximuswarrior]

Deep trouble brewing in Afghanistan. ISIS is gaining massive foothold. The Afghan government cannot control Kabul. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to picture where things are heading.

Pakistan should take immediate precautionary measures. The closure of the border is a good initiative, but more needs to be done. Resources need to be allocated for monitoring any cross border movement. Nothing good will cross over from the border.

 

[Zarvan]

Pakistan warns Trump’s generals
By Newsdesk
Published: March 6, 2017
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Pakistan’s military has warned Donald Trump’s new generals that they face a ‘total mess’ in Afghanistan unless the US and UK can halt the advance of IS and the Taliban.

In an interview with the Telegraph, a senior Pakistani army source said the collapse in security since the draw-down of Western troops from Afghanistan meant the West now faced ‘losing control’.

If IS and the Taliban continued to gain strength, he added, it could tempt Russia to stage a Syrian-style intervention, this time on the pretext of protecting its ‘backyard’ in Central Asia.

The source within the Pakistani army said that in recent weeks, high-level discussions had taken place with both Resolute Support Mission commander Gen John Nicholson and James Mattis, the retired US general appointed by Mr Trump as Secretary of Defence.

How Trump will shape Pakistan-US ties

Gen Nicholson himself admitted last month that Afghan forces were now in a stalemate against a resurgent Taliban. The Pakistani source said even that was an optimistic assessment.

“A stalemate is still a win for the Taliban,” he said. “We have told Gen Mattis that Afghanistan is slipping out of control, and that if things are not put right, America will have a huge crisis on its hands. “Da’ish is also developing there, and if they leave Syria and Iraq, the next place for them to gather in is Afghanistan.”

Pakistan has criticised the Kabul government for not doing enough to seal its side of the Afghan border, from where Islamabad says militants are now launching attacks on both Pakistani and Afghan soil.

However, Islamabad admits that Kabul is limited by the capabilities of the Afghan National Army.

“There are 350,000 troops in the Afghan army, but only about 20,000 are capable of combat missions,” said the Pakistani military source.

“They also have about 1,000 generals, most of whom are appointed because of their tribal affiliations rather than on merit. The problem is that you can’t teach a donkey to gallop.”

Trump’s Afghan options

The military source added that Russia feared the West was using IS as a “plot to destabilise its backyard”, and could use it as an excuse to extend military operations into Afghanistan.

Last month, Russia held a conference for regional powers on Afghanistan, signalling what could be the opening stages of such a strategy.

The summit, to which the US was not invited, called for dialogue with the Taliban, which Moscow has already started backchannel contacts with. The Kremlin says the Taliban can be used to battle IS.

Washington believes that Kremlin-Taliban contacts are simply to help Moscow build proxy assets in Afghanistan.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 6th, 2017.

If true Pakistan needs to get back on earth

 

[YeBeWarned]

US with all their Technology failed to stop ISIS Advance in Afghanistan , Their drones and billion dollar equipement failed to find one Mulla Fazallu .. that shows the real Intention of USA in Afghanistan

 

[JOEY TRIBIANI]

Awesome move by PAKISTAN .
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usa is failed in Afghanistan& they are keeping an eye on Afghanistan's neighbor rather then eliminating isis or etc .
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either usa eliminate ttp or indian funded scums or we will make way for Russian intervention .
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I think soon China & iran start taunting usa .
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Result of trilateral talks in Moscow about Afghanistan (india sidelined) .

No more free lunch,we have seen the same statements every time there is change in gaurd...this time around no more funds with out showing results on the ground.

Whatever makes u happy .
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Presence of Chinese troops on Afghan soil & now Pakistan is hinting to support Russia in Afghanistan . bad days ahead for usa & nato(india too) in Afghanistan .
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Either show results or leave Afghanistan . its a multipolar world now.

 

[Thorough Pro]

I am not sure what you are seeing here? it's a simple matter of safeguarding one's own interest and making sure your backyard is safe. That's what everyone does.

What a bloody irony. The country which attacked you in the past will act as a savior and the country which protected you in the past will be considered as invaders.
Politics is really dramatic sometimes. This is really getting interesting.

 

[Kabira]

“There are 350,000 troops in the Afghan army, but only about 20,000 are capable of combat missions,” said the Pakistani military source.

“They also have about 1,000 generals, most of whom are appointed because of their tribal affiliations rather than on merit. The problem is that you can’t teach a donkey to gallop.”

Thats just mean from Pakistani officials. But that general thing is true.

"Suppose you are the young son of a former warlord who has just died. Along with condolences, the government will make you a general, as if the rank were hereditary. Commissions are also handed out as political thank-yous to male relatives of important figures. And in the golden age of general-making — the 1990s civil war — they were sometimes distributed in lieu of pay."
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/...-work-if-you-can-get-it-and-many-do.html?_r=0

 

[idune]

india is keeping a "chattered" cargo hatch ready for Ghani, Karzai and indian terrorist assets. Just in case US bails, their days are numbered in Kabul

 

[somebozo]

Leaving insecure Afghanistan on Pakistan border will be very problematic..

 

[shahbaz baig]

India is also sponsoring terrorist organization inside Afghanistan, they probably blackmail to afghan Govt to announce the negative statements against Pakistan in front of whole world. otherwise why cant NDS and RAW eradicate the terrorist camps, dens inside Afghanistan? Afghanistan Govt is helpless and puppet of Indian Govt. basically india is responsible in terrorism on both side Pakistan & Afghanistan