Indian Special Forces Contingent Deployed To Serve In Afghanistan

http://www.india-defence.com/reports-3371 ^

[Srirangan]

India has sent a 75 men strong contingent of special Indo-Tibetan Border Police commandos to serve in Afghanistan where terrorist activities from Pakistan is seeing a market rise for the past 18 months.

Earlier 'Press Trust Of India' had reported that at least 134 highly trained commandos would be dispatched in two batches. The first batch of 75, according to source, is said to have already left for Afghanistan. The second batch of around 50 commandos is expected to be sent in the first week of July 2007.

[pissant]

Very cool. thank you India!!

[wgflyer]

Outstanding!

[Springman]

Didn’t thing Pakistain, would let Indian troops in Afganistan?

Glad the brave men and women of India well be able to help out.

[camas]

this is for training of India’s troops. nothing more

[squidly]

The Ghurkas have already been there for a while, just in case y’all were wondering.

[SandRat]

FR WAR NEWS!

WAR News at Home and Abroad You'll Hear Nowhere Else!

All the News the MSM refuses to use!

Or if they do report it, without the anti-War Agenda Spin!

[Srirangan]

Hmm.. Indian troops have plenty of “training” fighting islamic terror in Kashmir and North East (near bangladesh).

[mylife]

They’ll be the pride of the bloody Raj!

[mylife]

A rather small presence, but appreciated.

The Indian Army is one of the armed forces of India and has responsibility for land-based military operations. It has the primary responsibility of maintaining the peace and security of the country, patrolling the borders and conducting counter terrorist operations. It also conducts rescue and humanitarian operations during calamities and disturbances, and has frequently been called upon to maintain the internal security of the country.

The Indian Army has a total troop strength of around 2.5 million (1.3 million active and 1.2 million reserve) and is the second largest standing army in the world. It is a completely voluntary service - the military draft never having been imposed in India. The army has rich combat experience in diverse terrains, considering India's diversity on this front, and also has a distinguished history of serving in United Nations peacekeeping operations.

[wgflyer]

And I hope they reap a bloody vengeance on those crossing into Afghanistan from Pakistan. They already have the incentive from years of strife in Kashmir.

[mylife]

Kashmir is heavily patroled.

[mylife]

Im reminded of a line from “the man who would be king”

“We’ll givem war, Red War! and we’ll crush their bones to dust!” L0L

[Bender2]

From... http://www.india-defence.com/reports-3371

Call me old fashioned, but me thinks... they should get some cammies.

[RKV]

Yep. Stylish, but combat experience is what counts. Of course the Indians fought Pakistan and China (at least in minor wars).

[hawkboy]

Looks like India still uses the good ol’ FN-FAL.

[wgflyer]

I hope this Indian contingent is just the beginning of a large force to be brought in. I think they’d do good work, if they didn’t clash too much with local Afghanis.

[mylife]

I would think these fellows are working in the area of intel.
All I can say is that I appreciate their efforts.

[mylife]

They use the FN FAL probably in the reserves. The primary assault weapon is the INSAS

[mylife]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INSAS