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A useful counterweight to the increasing noise from the media about how the pakistani troop transfers from the west to the east will negatively affect the waronterror. To view the source, click the analysis tab on orbat's home page.
1 posted on 05/30/2002 10:53:20 AM PDT by swarthyguy
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Interesting article. I had never heard of the Frontier Corp before this. It certainly doesn't seem as if they are likely, willing, or even capable of sealing the border with Afghanistan. Not that it would matter, as al-Qaida and Taliban could easily have crossed long ago.

One thing it does point out, perhaps unintentionally, is how demands from any country that it seal the borders is logistically impossible. We can't do it in Southern California, and it sure as heck isn't going to happen in Pakistan or Kashmir.

Perhaps if something like the Berlin Wall were constructed along entire borders like the Great Wall of China there would be some hope, but for long and remote borders to be patrolled by a few thousand soldiers is ridiculous. It's a gesture, and nothing more.

2 posted on 05/30/2002 11:07:05 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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So, regular Pakistani troops were never really at the Afghan border and hence can't be moved away from it?
3 posted on 05/30/2002 11:08:35 AM PDT by Aaron_A
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