tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post4944873025304964491..comments2024-03-28T08:21:30.796-04:00Comments on War News Updates: One More Reason Why The Afghan Security Situation Is WorseningWar News Updates Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12034101783150523332noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-62675672297909531322017-05-03T17:45:01.650-04:002017-05-03T17:45:01.650-04:00The Afghan military personnel we worked with were ...The Afghan military personnel we worked with were notorious for over-estimating enemy numbers. Generally it would be at least an order of magnitude, but there were times, and I know because we ended up following through on the sightings etc, where they would claim to have been attacked by as many as 1000 enemy fighters. We would laugh, they would insist; we'd check it out, there would be maybe 5 guys routing 40 ANA.<br /><br />I read the article, and every word of it might be true, but from the experience of many NATO states the Afghan forces had/have problems with running away, leaving stuff behind, and then claiming the enemy force was so massive that they 'can't possibly' be blamed for retreating.<br />Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10501167403506824142noreply@blogger.com