Chapter 1401 Smart People Simplify Complex Things

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 US$150, 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. arrived, 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 Kandahar is the only one left.

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 encirclement of 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 and lost air support, facing the Tower L squad that could be flexibly mobilized, 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 seeking personal gain, let alone manipulating the internal politics of Afghanistan, but leaving 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 encounter each other 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 they cannot even accommodate 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 you suffer a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, and then stand aside and watch, not only not helping, but also preventing others from helping.

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

Not only Europe and the United States suffered, but even Russia and my old mother suffered greatly, and finally had to face them with the most cautious attitude.

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

These things have been experienced by the post-80s generation in Afghanistan, and the Taliban is no exception. No matter how stubborn they are, they will always make some changes in the face of the painful lessons of the past 40 years.

For a country with extremely weak industrial capacity, unable to be self-sufficient in food problems, and having mines but unable to effectively develop and utilize them, finding ways to integrate into the international community is almost their only choice, even if it costs some money.

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

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

This matter can only be promoted by a third party like P·B, which is not a state. If any country intervenes, the Taliban will have to fight to the end to maintain their dignity.

Now Boss Qiao has clearly stated that they can hire P·B for "one dollar". Such a good step is here, and it would be inhumane if they don't step on it.

As for whether they will kick P·B out after they stabilize the situation in Afghanistan, Boss Qiao doesn't care at all.

Because it is unrealistic for the Taliban to achieve this level without ten or eight years...

The internal power distribution alone will exhaust their energy, and it is not impossible to restart the civil war.

Moreover, P·B and the humanitarian channel are eating the "security dividend". Where there is no security problem, P·B does not have enough profit space. If they really do it, why stay here? Not only is it a waste of energy, but it is also annoying, and it is not profitable.

It is not difficult for Boss Joe to appease a group of restless soldiers, but it is not easy to convince them to bow to the Taliban and become a reliable team.

However, no matter what they choose in the end, first of all, Boss Joe has fulfilled his responsibility to them. If there is trouble later, don't blame P.B's people for being shady...

Second, there are always a few idealistic guys who are willing to become the kind of soldiers that Boss Joe said. As long as there is a seed planted, Boss Joe believes that more and stronger soldiers with a greater sense of honor will be attracted to join.

The National Defense Force of Aqiong Khan is not good, but their special forces are still strong enough.

Whether it is drug eradication or anti-terrorism, P.B. will have a much simpler task if there is a strong special forces force to support it.

When Boss Qiao was comforting the soldiers, Qiao Liang stood not far away...

Watching the lower-level officers watching their big brother leave with shining eyes, Qiao Liang followed Boss Qiao and said, "Brother, what you just said is true?

Will the Ta L squad agree to your request?"

As Qiao Jia walked, he looked at Qiao Liang sideways and said with a smile, "Xiao Liang, do you want to meet the top leaders of the Ta L squad and get to know these guys who are described as demons by Europe and the United States? This will help you understand the world more comprehensively."

When Qiao Liang heard this, he pointed at his nose and said, "Me? What can I talk to them about?"

Qiao Jia smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, I will invite some of them to Kandahar, you can talk to them about 'drug prohibition'."

"Drug prohibition?"

Qiao Liang looked at his brother in surprise. A few minutes later, he caught up with Boss Qiao and said, "Brother, the soil taken by Hongtongtong Agricultural Company The purpose is to make a drug control model for local farmers. Do you want me to talk to them with this as a starting point? "

Qiao Jia nodded and said: "That's about it, but I think your thinking should be more open. Try to understand them from their perspective to find the key to solve the problem.

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

Qiao Jia glanced at Qiao Liang, who was a little confused, and said with a smile: "The most difficult is that it is impossible to destroy the drug industry in Jin Xinyue.

The easiest is that at this stage, drug control can easily achieve results in Aqiong Khan...

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

And in the best period of Aqiong Khan, the grain self-sufficiency rate was only 70%..."

Qiao Liang patted his head and said, "I understand..."