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2019-03-18 Afghanistan

Taliban captures 50 border police as fighting intensifies in western Afghanistan

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-03-18 04:19|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
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#1 near as I can tell about five divisions of the Afghan Army and about half the Afghan Air Force are competent

the rest of the uniformed services and police ranges from partially trained and for some tasks competent to zombie

Posted by lord garth 2019-03-18 07:45|| 2019-03-18 07:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Military and police jobs have l o n g been a source of patronage and featherbedding in the muzz world (and in African dictatorships for that matter)

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-03-18 07:54|| 2019-03-18 07:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Make it....in the Third World altogether and I’ll agree wholeheartedly, M.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-03-18 11:42|| 2019-03-18 11:42|| Front Page Top

#4 patronage and featherbedding

Next you'll tell me they bribe university and madrasa administrators for their kids to get in.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-03-18 16:01|| 2019-03-18 16:01|| Front Page Top

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