It's a **** hole, always has been and probably always will be.
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Drake are you doing logistics on the withdrawal for the year?
What are you talking about? I've been in town every day... not a single "merc" in sight. It's all Afghan-led here. This isn't Iraq. The ABP, ANA, and ANP are holding their own, and then some. Sad that the amazing things they do never make the news, and instead we get overinflated, pretty much lies about what really happened. Guess tragedy sells better than triumph.
The SEO fully intends to step into Afghanistan the second the NATO types leave. Considering the two biggest motives of the SEO are regional stability and profit I expect they'll try to keep a lid on things.
Everyone here is thinking western-style...what western entities will do, and how western entities will profit. It isn't going to work like that, unless of course, some key Afghan players get a cut.
Everyone is forgetting that these Afghan powerbrokers have their own plans for the country, and most of them have international, and VERY powerful connections. Even NATO is getting punched in the pee pee when they go against the flow. That includes US forces.
You saying Xe isn't in there? Karzai got kiboshed on kickin them out in March of this year, they are still there.
I have no doubt we are fed steaming piles of crap from our western propo machines. :)
Not to mention, Xe aren't the only merc org there. there are others, some have been disbanded due to nepotism etc.
this is recent:
Is APPF just a safe blanket for a lot of mercs?Quote:
Karzai had already conceded that embassies and Nato, which rely on private guards to protect supply convoys, could continue to use security companies. But questions remained over development projects, such as road construction, that the US regard as essential for winning over ordinary Afghans.
Under the new plan companies guarding reconstruction projects will be able to have 500 of their own guards, or up to 1,000 if they pay a one-off fine.
For contracts requiring more than that the companies will be expected to recruit, train, arm and pay new APPF guards who will then take control of the contract after 12 months.
If the APPF proves not up to the job the private company will continue to be in control, according to the draft proposal. Many officials think that is likely.
I don't care what the news says. At all. Convoy security? What convoys? NATO hangs out on KAF, spending most of their days on the Boardwalk.
If there is a private security firm making $$, it's more PAK than AFG. Every contractor here is either for training or for logistical support. They are making a ton of money, but it isn't through security.
Again... I don't care what the news says. I only see ABP, ANA, and ANP. And I see them everywhere. And it's cheaper to get local security here anyway... ie what we use for KAF.
Really... don't trust the news. They are wrong.