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It illustrates more about the Afghan army than anything else. Willingness to fight, quality of training and recruits … I don’t know but it’s very sad on all fro
by lttlrck 5y ago
It illustrates more about the Afghan army than anything else. Willingness to fight, quality of training and recruits … I don’t know but it’s very sad on all fronts after 20 years of investment (or call it what you will).
- 988747 5y agoI read it somewhere today: over last 20 years Americans trained the Afghan army to fight in the same style as them, which means heavily rely on air support. Now they have withdrawn all air support an expect Afghans to hold their ground.
- hollerith 5y agoYeah, well I read somewhere yesterday that the Afgan air force has over 200 warplanes and that the US air force is still flying sorties in support of Afgan ground troops (though they might stop).
- jimmygrapes 5y agoThis is the primary thing. Their air force could be one of the best in the region, with Saudi Arabia and Israel a distant 2nd and 3rd, but... it's not. I can't really explain why, but my opinion is that the "allied forces" trained the Afghani forces with the intention and assumption of maintenance being taken care of for them. The pilots are fine, the mechanics are fine, the ground crews are fine; the supply chain is not, and Right to Repair issues still exist despite the circumstances.