The whole thing is a joke now. The military is over there to get killed and to amuse the King of SA and the isla*ic world.
I’ve feared the same. But we must secure those mineral resources for the country who has the contracts: China. Seems a quid pro quo for them buying our debt.
Our military isn’t a mercenary group. They sure don’t get paid as such. Bring ‘em home.
Pakistan has 177million people. As soon as we clear nutters from Afghanistan the Pakistani’s just ship a new crop of nutters over the border.