Originally Posted by Escapee

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If you speak to soldiers coming back from a tour in Afghanistan my experience is that they say that now they are fighting Pakistanis and many are coming over the border for the drugs.

Of course this may be fact but it is far easier to brush it aside as a racist comment.

Originally Posted by Escapee

I hear that the number we have killed are probably ten times more than the original Taliban numbers. The majority we are now fighting come over the border from Pakistan, these are either Afghans who have been hiding in Pakistan or of Pakistan origin. I understand that tribes have split throughout the ages and some live in Pakistan and some in Afghanistan, so they are closely connected.

I am told their are regular battles that sometimes result in tens or hundreds coming across the border. These are usually drug high and brainwashed with little chance of inflicting any harm, and we are having to use large calibre weapons to stop them.

Wherever they originate from is not important but they come across the border from the Pakistani and thir government and forces are doing little more than offering a token gesture to tackle these people in their country.