The militants are using everything they have to hold their ground, the officials said, adding that they have been surprised by the militants’ resistance and the sophistication of their tactics, weapons and communications systems.
“They have good weaponry and a better communication system” than the Pakistani military, said one senior official.
“Even the sniper rifles they use are better than some of ours,” the official said. “Their tactics are mind-boggling and they have defenses that would take us days to build. It does not look as though we are fighting a ragtag militia. They are fighting like an organized force.”
They can't be talking about weapons and supplies leftover from when we supported the Mujahadeen. So where do they get this stuff? How do they afford it? We may have a lot of limitations on what we can do effectively in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but tracing and stopping this flow of money and supplies strikes me as something that we should be able to do.
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