"Hour’s Drive Outside Kabul, Taliban Reign " Topic

"The explosion ripped through the floor of the Humvee, tearing a hole in the armored vehicle and injuring the district governor. The crack of Taliban gunfire followed.

Seeking cover, the Afghan police convoy sped behind a mud compound and unleashed a hail of bullets. Undeterred, the Taliban fighters edged closer. As bullets smacked around his head, an Afghan soldier in a white head scarf crouched behind a waist-high wall trading shots with the insurgents, a cigarette tucked in his lips.

"This is our daily life," said the police chief of Tagab district, a mostly Taliban-controlled patch of Kapisa Province about an hour from Kabul, as rounds struck the compound's edges, showering his men with dirt. "Everything is like this — you can see it with your own eyes."…"
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Nice for the Talibunnies to let the government soldiers do their shopping.

I lived in Kapisa, in 2008, with the Afghan Kandak my Marines and I mentored. I would offer, not all were Taliban and the worst areas were ethnically Pashai (sub-set of Pashtun they and were a mean people). I'd say they didn't want the central government telling them what to do. They were business men and the Govt was getting the way of their livelihood. So we built a road and went in heavy with the French. It is about a 2 hour drive to Sarobi, south of Kapisa Province, then another hour up the valley into Kapisa to the Tagab district.

Interesting Rhino … The tribal differences, among other reasons is why A'stan will remain centuries behind much of the rest of the world … Regardless how much aid is given. I think the saying is, "You can't free a fish from water."