Taliban attack on Faryab. updates

[BHarwana]

Taliban have launched on Faryab and the city is very near to lose its control.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1030068836140281857

https://twitter.com/x/status/1029215512633303040

@Path-Finder

 

[Path-Finder]

Taliban have launched on Faryab and the city is very near to lose its control.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1030068836140281857

https://twitter.com/x/status/1029215512633303040

@Path-Finder

"Bloody hell" is all that comes to mind

 

[BHarwana]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1029588900153647104

 

[gangsta_rap]

'panjabi daalkhor' taliban made it all the way up to faryab hahah

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Looks like Americans are losing control of the situation?

 

[Taimoor Khan]

The base has fallen!

It was reported few days ago that Kabul regime didn't have enough resources to send enforcement because of the Ghanzi onslaught. It seems Taliban have enough resources to open many fronts simultaneously while Kabul regime is struggling to keep up with the pressure which is building with each passing day.

 

[$@rJen]

In some days we'll get the news of additional US troop deployment in Afghanistan

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

Says a lot about the successful Pakistani approach to counterterrorism in FATA and Swat. The Frontier Corps has performed really well with backup & coordination from/with the Pakistan Army and PAF, despite resource constraints compared to NATO/US.

 

[Trango Towers]

Looks like Americans are losing control of the situation?

And they say zpakistan shpuld do more. Go on taliban kill yanks

 

[AMG_12]

Says a lot about the successful Pakistani approach to counterterrorism in FATA and Swat. The Frontier Corps has performed really well with backup & coordination from/with the Pakistan Army and PAF, despite resource constraints compared to NATO/US.

The war philosophy of Afghanistan is different and in no way is comparable to that of Pakistan.

 

[Yaseen1]

Says a lot about the successful Pakistani approach to counterterrorism in FATA and Swat. The Frontier Corps has performed really well with backup & coordination from/with the Pakistan Army and PAF, despite resource constraints compared to NATO/US.

afghanistan is much bigger to control than fata and kpk and its landscape is also tougher than ours

 

[ali_raza]

Taliban have launched on Faryab and the city is very near to lose its control.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1030068836140281857

https://twitter.com/x/status/1029215512633303040

@Path-Finder

what i have gathered from ur analysis on twitter and pdf.and my own thinking is that its time somewhere there has been a thought that enough is enough.
now u we won’t keep just quiet
a tweet here a statement there won’t change the resolve.
since our home is in order now it’s time we flex our muscles.
doesn’t necessarily means physically but morally.

 

[BHarwana]

what i have gathered from ur analysis on twitter and pdf.and my own thinking is that its time somewhere there has been a thought that enough is enough.
now u we won’t keep just quiet
a tweet here a statement there won’t change the resolve.
since our home is in order now it’s time we flex our muscles.
doesn’t necessarily means physically but morally.

Sssh wait for it. Month or so every thing will be in order. There will be peace in Afghanistan and brotherly relations will extend.

@Path-Finder latest Faryab district governor also killed.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1030118152150151169

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

afghanistan is much bigger to control than fata and kpk and its landscape is also tougher than ours

I don’t buy that excuse. Between NATO & the ANA & local pro-govt militias, there are significantly larger numbers of security forces deployed in Afghanistan compared to PA & FC deployments in FATA & Swat. NATO also brings massive force multipliers to the table in terms of its high tech fighters, drones & attack helicopters that provide surveillance & CAS capabilities unmatched by Pakistan. The US has been spending $5 Billion annually on Afghan security forces which is equal to the entire military budget of Pakistan.

The problem in Afghanistan remains one of poor strategic & tactical policy making, in terms of both COIN and institution building.

 

[LeGenD]

Says a lot about the successful Pakistani approach to counterterrorism in FATA and Swat. The Frontier Corps has performed really well with backup & coordination from/with the Pakistan Army and PAF, despite resource constraints compared to NATO/US.

These situations are not comparable, at all.

Pakistan Army is clearing militants from Pakistani territory, and enjoy complete support of the public in this endeavor. American drone strikes were also softening resistance to Pakistani Army in Waziristan by assassinating hardcore militants there from time-to-time.

Pakistan Army wasn't a master of COIN operations by default. Our military learned from exposure, experience and recorded considerable losses over time. We have lost more troops in this war in comparison to any other in our history. Experience is a valuable teacher nevertheless.

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NATO is operating in a distant country and constitute a "occupying force" - it doesn't have regional legitimacy. NATO have established an Afghan government and its primary responsibility is to develop Afghan Security Forces - this is a mammoth task (expensive and unrealistic too).

NATO doesn't have substantial presence in Afghanistan either (16000 troops in total) - this strength is not enough to secure Afghanistan. On the other hand, Taliban is a huge force with substantial legitimacy in numerous sectors of the country - they are Afghan locals and they know their country inside out.

NATO have to do something major to turn the tide of war in Afghanistan. Current strategy is not going to work.

Some argue that NATO should abandon Afghanistan to its fate because this country is too fragmented and tribal to reform. Afghanistan finds itself in a perpetual state of civil war, and a foreign entity cannot address its problems.