From arms dealer to king of war

Qiao Jia chatted with a group of low-level military officers from Aqionghan for a long time...

The needs of these people are actually very simple...

They knew that if they fled to Pakistan with their families and their families, the only outcome would be to become the lowest class of refugees.

So as long as there is any chance, they are happy to stay.

The monthly salary of this group of people is only 150 US dollars, and it is owed at least 4 to 6 months every year. Now these soldiers in Kandahar base have not received their salary for half a year.

In order to support their families in the past few months, they have been reselling the materials in the base. However, after P.B. came, the ownership of the Kandahar base fell into P.B.'s hands. Those who came all the way from Afika Xiaohei will never allow them to do this again.

In order to alleviate the anxiety of these government soldiers, P.B.'s cooking squad took over a large amount of logistics supplies from the NATO troops left behind, allowing these soldiers to eat P.B. standard meals, and even allowed them to take some outside. Food goes home to feed the family…

Then Lao Zhu from the giant infrastructure company stepped forward and hired these people, arranged for them to work as temporary workers and security guards at a nearby material warehouse construction site, and paid them their wages on time, which stabilized them.

If you look at the government troops in other parts of Afghanistan, you will know that those who are able to stay in place and stick to their posts in an organized manner are only part of the capital Kabul, and the only ones left are Kandahar.

The Taliban's offensive was so fierce that, except for the port city of Spinbuldak in the south of Kandahar, they captured all the port cities in Afghanistan, forming a political and economic double siege on the government forces.

The Afghan government advertises that it has 300,000 troops, but according to Boss Qiao’s understanding, this number may contain 80% or more!

It would be good to have 60,000 actual regular troops in Afghanistan as a whole. The remaining 240,000 are either on empty pay, or the military chiefs from various places use funds and equipment funded by NATO to support their men.

The regular army of less than 60,000 people is distributed in 34 provinces of Afghanistan. The number of soldiers of the government army is not as large as the soldiers of Tower L class, and they are not as flexible as Tower L class.

As soon as NATO withdrew, it lost air support. Facing the flexible mobilization of Tower L class, the government forces most of the time used less to fight more.

Moreover, the government troops are either surrounded by warlord leaders with vacillating positions, or the commanders themselves are greedy military leaders. It is a joke to let these government troops hold on.

That's why Boss Qiao said that a government that can't even hold on to its own power will bring more harm than good to the country.

Because they were so bad that the United States could not pull them back even with all its might. In the end, when the NATO military leaders who came to Afghanistan saw this situation, they just decided to screw it up and let everyone do the accounting and make money together.

Those so-called high-level officials of the country have not considered the future of Aqiong Khan at all. They may even think that Aqiong Khan has no future.

Once these people finally run away, the civil servants and soldiers at the grassroots level in Afghanistan will be finished...

Boss Qiao doesn’t expect that his words will make these government soldiers struggling on the edge shed their blood...

But if P·B wants to establish a stable situation in Kandahar, someone must be able to check and balance the power of Tower L.

Winning over a group of idealistic soldiers, establishing a city guard with combat effectiveness, and posing a big problem for Tower L class, Boss Qiao can mediate and mediate from the perspective of a third party.

This is a commonly used political routine in the world, but Boss Qiao is not doing it for personal gain, let alone manipulating the internal politics of Afghanistan, but to leave a life-saving channel for Afghanistan while maintaining stability as much as possible .

In fact, in the last five years of the Afghan War, the Taliban basically stopped fighting with NATO troops. As long as they did not meet in a tight encounter or were targeted, they usually only fought against government troops.

Even in order to ease the conflict with NATO, they are still making efforts to suppress extremist organizations such as al-Qaeda. Sumani told Boss Qiao that the collective transfer of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan to North Africa happened in this context.

If they had not done this, the United States would never have met and negotiated with them in Qatar.

These people are able to carry out united front work to the lowest level and gain support. It is unrealistic to rely solely on religion. They have strong political ideals and vision, and know what is the most important issue at the moment.

If the domestic economy of Afghanistan cannot be stabilized, Afghanistan will immediately return to the tribal political situation of the Soviet era.

And if they want to stabilize the economy, they have to support Boss Joe's Kandahar plan...

Even if Boss Qiao gathers the government troops and forms a team as the Kandahar City Guards that will make them eat flies, they still have to hold their noses and shout "brothers" to these soldiers...

If the Taliban cannot even tolerate such a team, even if the Taliban takes over the entire Afghanistan, they will not see any hope of development in the next ten or even twenty years.

Because the same thing happened!

In 1996, the Taliban won the civil war and overthrew the Soviet-backed government.

But the first thing they did when they entered Kabul was to carry out a brutal purge, and the set of things they pursued were severely judged by the international community, so their legitimacy was never recognized, so they encountered a brutal blockade.

Back then, Europe and the United States were the ones calling the shots for the international community, and their blockade was really not just talk.

They can really make a humanitarian disaster happen in Afghanistan, and then stand by and do nothing for you. Not only will they not help, they will also prevent others from helping.

This place eventually became a hotbed of terrorism and gave birth to many terrible things.

It was not only Europe and the United States that suffered, but also Da Er and the old mother suffered greatly, and finally had to face them with the most cautious attitude.

Therefore, when NATO sent troops to Afghanistan, everyone in the Security Council voted in favor.

All Afghans born in the 1980s have experienced these things, and the Taliban are certainly no exception. No matter how stubborn they are, they must make some changes in the face of the painful lessons of the past nearly 40 years.

For a country with extremely weak industrial capabilities, unable to be self-sufficient in food problems, and unable to effectively develop and utilize its empty mines, finding ways to integrate into the international community is almost their only option, and even paying some price for this is necessary.

This is the most important bargaining chip in Qiao Jia's hand...

Stabilize the basic base by showing strength, and then clearly express P.B.'s position to them. After confirming the importance of Kandahar, they force them to compromise with P.B. through huge internal and external pressure.

This matter can only be promoted by a non-state third party like P·B. If any country intervenes, in order to maintain their dignity, the Taliban must fight to the end. of.

Now Boss Qiao has made it clear that they can use "one dollar" to hire P·B. Such a good step is here, and it would be incompatible with human nature for them not to step on it.

As for whether they would burn bridges and kick P·B away after stabilizing the situation in Aqionghan, Boss Qiao didn't care at all.

Because it would be unrealistic for Class L to achieve this level within ten or eight years...

The internal distribution of power alone will exhaust their efforts, and even restarting a civil war is not impossible.

Moreover, P·B and the Humanitarian Channel enjoy the "security dividend". There is no problem with safety. P·B does not have enough room for profit. If they really do it, why are they still here? It is not only a waste of energy but also trouble. It’s annoying, and it doesn’t make any fucking money.

It is not too difficult for Boss Qiao to appease a group of restless soldiers, but it is not easy to persuade them to collectively bow to Tower L Class and become a team that can be relied on.

But no matter what they choose in the end, First Boss Qiao has fulfilled his responsibility to them. If there is trouble later, don’t blame P.B.’s manpower.

The second is that there are always a few guys with ideals who are willing to become the kind of soldiers that Boss Qiao said. As long as a seed is planted, Boss Qiao believes that he will be able to attract more soldiers who are stronger and more honorable to join.

The Afghan National Defense Force is not good, but the combat effectiveness of their special forces is still sufficient.

P·B Whether it is anti-drug or counter-terrorism, if there is a strong special forces force to provide support, the task will become much simpler.

Qiao Liang was standing not far away when Boss Qiao was comforting the soldiers...

Seeing the low-level officers watching his eldest brother leave with bright eyes, Qiao Liang followed Boss Qiao and said, "Brother, what you just said is true?

Will Class L agree to your request? "

As Qiao Jia walked, he looked sideways at Qiao Liang and said with a smile: "Xiao Liang, do you want to meet the senior leaders of Tower L class and get to know these guys who are described as demons by Europe and America? This will help you become more familiar with the situation." A comprehensive understanding of the world.”

Upon hearing this, Qiao Liang pointed to his nose and said, "Me? What do I have to talk to them about?"

Qiao Jia said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, I will invite some of them to Kandahar. You can talk to them on the topic of 'drug control'."

"Anti-drugs?"

Qiao Liang looked at his brother in surprise. A few minutes later, he caught up with Boss Qiao and said, "Brother, the land taken by Hongtongtong Agricultural Company is to set an anti-drug model for local farmers. You want me to use this Talk to them as an entry point?”

Qiao Jia nodded and said: "That's pretty much what it means, but I think you should be more open-minded and try to understand them from their perspective in order to find the key to solving the problem.

You may not believe it, but at this stage, drug control in Afghanistan is the most difficult but also the easiest task..."

Qiao Jia glanced at the confused Qiao Liang and said with a smile: "The most difficult thing is because it is impossible to destroy Jin Xinyue's drug industry.

It is easiest because at this stage, it is easy for the anti-drug campaign to achieve results in Aqionghan...

Because their current drug cultivation scale exceeds 300,000 hectares, they are the largest source of HLY drugs in the world.

In the best period of Afghanistan, the food self-sufficiency rate was only 70%..."

When Qiao Liang heard this, he patted his head and said, "I understand..."