Pakistan enhances military posts along Afghan border

[SSGPA1]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has increased its military posts along with Afghanistan border in Balochistan to keep strong vigil on the movement of Taliban militants from Afghanistan to Pakistani areas in the wake of ongoing Operation Mushtarak.

Top military sources told Dawn News that twenty six new posts have been set-up by Pakistani security forces raising the number to two hundred and eighty six.

The sources also said that Pakistan would handover militants to Nato forces if they cross over to Pakistani areas from Helmand province.

Both Pakistan and US forces in Afghanistan have also arrived on understanding of timely intelligence sharing.

Commander of ISAF General General McCrystal during his meeting with Army Chief General kayani assured that US and Nato forces would extend maximum intelligence cooperation to Pakistani forces about militant movement.

DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Pakistan enhances military posts along Afghan border

 

[SSGPA1]

This will help Pakistan greatly as Helmand is located in southern Afghanistan and it will help Pakistan counter the insurgency in Balochistan.

 

[fatman17]

according to ISPR, there are 812 posts on the pak-side of the apk/afghan border whilst there are 112 on the other side.

 

[S-2]

"according to ISPR, there are 812 posts on the pak-side of the apk/afghan border whilst there are 112 on the other side."

The human capacity isn't there. Afghanistan has borders that must be guarded with Iran, Pakistan, China, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. They have 28 million people. Most of the guys who are border cops will be illiterate and many possibly strung out on dope.

That's a long learning curve to responsible behavior.

Afghanistan is (literally) under the gun and trying to create 90 day wonders at every turn-army, police, border police, bureaucracy, nurses, teachers. They need everything and the best and brightest can make fortunes doing anything but the above.

You can slam people into positions of responsibility (and I believe we are lacking any alternative choice but occupation authority and that isn't happening) but that won't make them walk the walk.

Corruption and graft is huge. Crime is there. Damned hard equation to fit a square peg into a round hole.

Thanks.

 

[SSGPA1]

The human capacity isn't there. Afghanistan has borders that must be guarded with Iran, Pakistan, China, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. They have 28 million people. Most of the guys who are border cops will be illiterate and many possibly strung out on dope.

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You can slam people into positions of responsibility (and I believe we are lacking any alternative choice but occupation authority and that isn't happening) but that won't make them walk the walk.

Corruption and graft is huge. Crime is there. Damned hard equation to fit a square peg into a round hole.

I sympathize with their situation, however, with all their shortcoming, I still believe that they can do far better than 112 posts.

After 8 years they can't come back with same excuses. They don't want Pakistan to fance the border and at the same time they show no willingness to take responsibility.

 

[S-2]

"they show no willingness to take responsibility."

Consider the situation again. fatman17 indicates your ISPR has said you've 812 border posts on along the afghan border. What other border do you man such posts and in what number? As a simple estimate, from what size population to you draw men to do so?

Afghanistan maintains now 1/7th the posts along your common border. They do so with a general population about 1/6th the size. They must further provide for very long borders with Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan and a quite short border shared with the PRC. Finally, they must provide manning for such from the aforementioned human capital and the competing needs that arise from a nation fully at war within its boundaries.

Most reasoned observers would agree that securing Afghanistan's boundaries will take time under such circumstances and I don't believe is indicative of any unwillingness to assume responsibilities expected from a sovereign nation.

It's just the hard reality of raising forth a nation from the dust.

Thanks.