Vortex
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Pakistan has to target this and specifically this warlord.Fro what I have read, the thing with the Afghan situation, and I might be wrong, is that there is no central unified government in the traditional sense.
The IEA can be at best thought of as a hodge podge or a collection of different tribal or local warlords controlling an area under them. There is no bureaucratic structure as we know it, no central command and control, and military organization same as a uniformed military.
A local warlord gets pissed off at some fencing, he will go bezerk. His tribal mate or friend dies in the ensuing firing, he will throw a fit and come at the other side with everything, mortars and artillery. He won't be looking at his brigade commander or Div HQ for directions.
From the newspapers, it seems there was an attempt to cut the fence, Pakistan fired, and a gunfight went on for 30 minutes and then paused. Border was closed then opened again. After a while Afghans then came in with artillery and mortars towards civilian population.
But in the end, decisions of a local warlord have wider implications.
Pakistan really needs to come hard at this, enough with the constant pandering.
But can we do that ?