Actually, I do know quite a bit about it.
You clearly do not know that I do.
Irrespective of terrain and history, it is what it is.
Stripped of the emotional phraseology, it is primitives with simple weapons and simple tactics using the local rugged terrain as cover.
Nothing new there. Been going on since the dawn of Man.
Takes the guts and determination to go in and do to them what they do to you. Period.
Two incredible important variables anyone who's going to war (or looking to take action against) would never think as merely irrespective....
Try 20 million + Pashtuns who are the largest and oldest tribe on earth today -
Try KISS is exactly how you stay effective in war. Staying within your enemies OODA loop. Complex gets you dead....real quick in those regions of the world.
No, it is obvious you know very little about the region, even less about trying to run operations in such areas, let alone sustained operations....Reality is, it is abundantly clear you have absolutely no clue regarding the difficulties of the "local terrain"....nor of trying to operate within it.
Your early suggestion that if the Pak's can't be effective within these border regions....They would be even less effective Vs India is complete foolishness in terms of warfare and logic. Apples and Oranges....between the two conflicts that would unfold.