7:28 PM Monday Aug 20, 2012
By Kate Shuttleworth
More New Zealand non-combat troops may be sent into Afghanistan now that increased insurgent activity has resulted in the deaths of five Kiwi soldiers this month.
Prime Minister John Key said the support may come from non-combat SAS forces who would assist with logistics and planning.
Lance Corporal Jacinda Baker, 26, Private Richard Harris, 21, and Corporal Luke Tamatea, 31, were killed instantly on Sunday evening (NZT) when their humvee, the last in a convoy, was struck by a 20 kilogram improvised explosive device (IED) on the road to Do Abe in the northeast of Bamiyan Province.
When questioned today about the use of humvee vehicles, Mr Key said: "No vehicle would have survived that explosion."
He described the blast as "massive"....
These larger IEDs are usually the influence of al Qaeda. It was that way in Iraq. It usually isn't the people carrying out these type of attacks on NATO. The Taliban are busy. They want the region.
...Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant General Rhys Jones described the insurgents responsible for the deaths of the five New Zealand soldiers as "proficient" and "aggressively trying to hunt us down"....
Also, there has been violence throughout the region due to the religious holiday, including India. The Taliban probably get more recruits during religious holidays.
New Delhi India has blamed Pakistan for theatening messages on the internet that triggered a mass exodus from Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune and Chennai by migrants fleeing to their homes in the northeast.
These larger IEDs are usually the influence of al Qaeda. It was that way in Iraq. It usually isn't the people carrying out these type of attacks on NATO. The Taliban are busy. They want the region.
...Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant General Rhys Jones described the insurgents responsible for the deaths of the five New Zealand soldiers as "proficient" and "aggressively trying to hunt us down"....
Also, there has been violence throughout the region due to the religious holiday, including India. The Taliban probably get more recruits during religious holidays.
Assam violence: Islamabad, Delhi spar over ‘reprisal’ rumours (click here)
New Delhi India has blamed Pakistan for theatening messages on the internet that triggered a mass exodus from Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune and Chennai by migrants fleeing to their homes in the northeast.
The exodus was sparked by threats sent via mobile phones and the websites carrying Pakistan’s IP addresses, conveying that people from Assam, particularly the Christian tribesmen, would be attacked by Muslims after the end of Ramazan in reprisal for recent ethnic violence in the northeastern state.
“Our agencies have discovered that the bulk of these messages have been uploaded on various Pakistani websites,” Indian Home Secretary R K Singh told reporters. “This is a first of its kind and we believe it is highly reprehensible,” he said.
Singh said India would register a formal protest with Pakistan....
Kashmir never stops being a problem, it is like the no man's land of war.
Last Updated: Monday, August 20, 2012, 11:44
Jammu: Heavy firing exchanges erupted (click here) along the International border after Pakistan again violated the ceasefire by targeting Indian posts to push in a group of militants in Akhnoor sector of Jammu district, where one intruder was killed.
This is the fourteenth time that Pakistan has violated the ceasefire along the international border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC ) in the last fortnight.
Pakistani Rangers fired on Indian posts of Mala Bela, Garkhal, Sidra camp and Naka Number-10 along IB in Akhnoor sector of Jammu district around 2230 hours last night, officials said on Monday....
And here is why.
Detecting Tunnels on Indo-Pak border (click here)
Kashmir never stops being a problem, it is like the no man's land of war.
Last Updated: Monday, August 20, 2012, 11:44
Jammu: Heavy firing exchanges erupted (click here) along the International border after Pakistan again violated the ceasefire by targeting Indian posts to push in a group of militants in Akhnoor sector of Jammu district, where one intruder was killed.
This is the fourteenth time that Pakistan has violated the ceasefire along the international border (IB) and Line of Control (
Pakistani Rangers fired on Indian posts of Mala Bela, Garkhal, Sidra camp and Naka Number-10 along IB in Akhnoor sector of Jammu district around 2230 hours last night, officials said on Monday....
And here is why.
Detecting Tunnels on Indo-Pak border (click here)
BSF LAUNCHES EXHAUSTIVE SURVEY AT VULNERABLE SPOTS
Jammu/New Delhi, Aug 19: The BSF has begun an exhaustive survey of all those vulnerable spots along the Indo-Pak border to detect any possible signs of a tunnel similar to the one recently unearthed in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district.
A team of BSF officials have been tasked to carry out the survey and report the findings to the force headquarters here.
"We are trying to identify all those places along the border which can be vulnerable for any possible tunneling-like activity or any other ways of infiltration and smuggling. The officers have been tasked for the job," BSF chief U K Bansal told PTI here. The Director General (DG) of BSF said although no new tunnels have been found along the sensitive border since the Samba incident, the force is taking no chances to ensure that the frontiers remain "sacrosanct and secure"....
The BSF is the Border Security Force of India (click here)
A team of BSF officials have been tasked to carry out the survey and report the findings to the force headquarters here.
"We are trying to identify all those places along the border which can be vulnerable for any possible tunneling-like activity or any other ways of infiltration and smuggling. The officers have been tasked for the job," BSF chief U K Bansal told PTI here. The Director General (DG) of BSF said although no new tunnels have been found along the sensitive border since the Samba incident, the force is taking no chances to ensure that the frontiers remain "sacrosanct and secure"....
The BSF is the Border Security Force of India (click here)
