From arms dealer to king of war

The Kandahar base is very large, but the soldiers' dormitories are very dilapidated.

The barracks of NATO soldiers are a little more humane. The barracks of these government soldiers are simply dozens of large arched tents.

The space inside the tent is very large. Basically, a tent is a company, with about 100 to 120 people.

When Qiao Jia walked into the first barracks, he was almost knocked over by the smell inside.

There was no air conditioning, only two high-power fans, and the small windows opened by the soldiers on the tent could not dissipate heat at all. You can imagine the smell inside on a hot day.

When Qiao Jia retreated, he saw a dozen injured soldiers lying inside the barracks. They had hanging bottles on their arms and were receiving infusions. However, in this environment, Boss Qiao really didn't think they could persevere.

"Where have all the soldiers gone? What happened to these people?"

As he spoke, Qiao Jia looked back at the leading officer and said, "I don't know your name yet..."

The captain straightened his back hard and said: "Sir, my name is Saleh, I am an Afghan government soldier..."

As Saleh spoke, he was a little unable to speak. He looked down at his worn-out leather shoes. After muttering a few words, he looked up at Boss Qiao again and said, "Those inside are all wounded. NATO medical staff The team had already evacuated, but the accompanying doctors from the giant infrastructure provided them with medical services.

After breakfast, our people went to help at the giant infrastructure construction site, where they could earn a little money, so that even if they fled to Pakistan with their families, they would still have a chance to survive. "

After hearing this, Qiao Jia sighed slightly. He sat on a bench at the door of the tent, took out the radio and said, "'Three Yellow Chickens', do our medical teams still have beds there?"

After receiving the confirmed answer, Qiaojia said to Saleh: "Call a few people and send the injured to P.B.'s medical team. Someone will take care of them."

When Saleh heard this, he seemed to suddenly grasp a little hope. He said something loudly to the team of junior officers behind him. Soon, several second lieutenants drove over in a Hummer, opened the trunk lid, and said hello. The companions took out all the wounded...

Only then did Boss Qiao realize that there were not just a few injured people, but there were them in almost every tent.

Five Humvees, transporting 30 wounded at a time, actually took three trips to transport all the wounded.

This can no longer be described as embarrassment. This group of people has cooperated with NATO to fight for so many years, but in the end they ended up living like abandoned wild dogs.

The officers were in panic all day long, the soldiers were trying hard to make money and were ready to escape at any time, and the injured soldiers were simply waiting to die.

Frankly speaking, the professional standards of these people are actually not too bad...

Even though they are what many people consider to be 'puppet troops', they are carefully cultivated and trained by NATO, and their combat effectiveness is actually not bad.

But if the morale of the soldiers is destroyed, then it is useless!

Kandahar is a very important point in Boss Qiao's plan. He needs enough manpower, cheap, hard-working locals who are willing to move closer to P·B...

These more than 3,000 Afghan government soldiers are worthy of wooing because they have been fighting with the Taliban for a long time. If they want to stay in Kandahar, they must rely on P.B.

Yesterday, Choga put forward conditions to Taban, saying that a humanitarian channel from Kandahar to Kabul would be opened, which was not just talk.

He needs to establish a safe channel to allow low-level officials and civilians who are afraid of being liquidated by Taliban to evacuate around Kandahar and protect them.

At this stage, only the social structure of Kandahar built mainly with these people can force Europe and the United States to pinch their noses and open a channel to the outside world, and force them to spend money to assist these people who once trusted them.

He promised to hand over administrative and taxation rights to Taban, and Qiaojia wanted to keep his promise.

But the security issues in Kandahar must be handled by P·B...

It is impossible for Boss Qiao to let his men serve as security guards for those civilians. As the main body of urban security, these government soldiers can, to a certain extent, offset the impact of the Ta L class's rise to power on those civilians.

Boss Qiao doesn't know the specific future plans of Tower L Class, but he feels that the introduction of government soldiers will form effective competition, which may force Tower L Class to offer some conditions that satisfy the international community in order to control Kandahar.

Seeing that the atmosphere among the officers gradually eased as the wounded left, Boss Qiao hesitated for a moment and said, "Salih just asked me if it was possible for you to continue your past work...

I told him that it depends on your own attitude.

I want to ask you guys, do you want to continue? "

As he spoke, Choga looked at Saleh, who looked puzzled, and said: "Continue to perform the duties of a soldier, protect your home, and win hope for the opening of the city of Kandahar.

Kandahar in the future should be a commercial city...

Here people can have enough to eat, here everyone has the opportunity to receive education, here women can also go to the streets to work, here no one will worry about safety issues..."

Upon hearing this, Saleh said excitedly: "Sir, do you want to continue to help the Afghan government?"

Qiaojia waved his hand and said: “A government that requires external assistance to exist is not only unqualified, but may even do more harm than good.

All I care about is people!

I don't care what differences there are within Afghanistan. I just hope that in Kandahar, everyone can live in peace and work together to find a glimmer of hope to get out of the predicament.

The things I just mentioned are probably a bit difficult to achieve, but they are still within my capabilities.

But the short-term realization of these things is not enough. If you want these things to be maintained for a long time, someone needs to be willing to defend it to the death!

This is the question I asked you before...

If you ignore the issue of victory or defeat between the Kabul government and the Taliban, and look at it from the perspective of an Afghan or a Kandaharite, would you be willing to continue your work? "

As he spoke, Qiaojia waved his hand to signal Saleh not to get excited, and he said in a deep voice: "I'm not talking about simply patrolling with guns, but we need a group of people who have a sense of honor, a sense of belief, and can risk their lives for those simple and beautiful things. soldiers...

Of course, such soldiers need to be worthy of the treatment they pay.

Therefore, I will negotiate with the Tower L class to allocate part of the funds from Kandahar's city income to provide these soldiers with enough treatment to make their families 'simple and happy'. "

"What? Tower L class?"

Qiao Jia looked at Saleh's horrified look. He nodded slightly and said, "I don't want to deceive you. I had a negotiation with the people in Tower L class yesterday.

The specific results have not yet come out, but I can tell you in advance that I will hand over the management of Kandahar's administration and taxation to the Taliban.

Of course, these are not without cost. After the Tower L class took away these powers, they will go all out to help me achieve the 'simple beauty' I just mentioned in Kandahar.

In the future, some people from P·B will be stationed in Kandahar, and I will make Taliban promise that they will not carry out any form of liquidation or persecution against you.

If they break the contract, I will make them pay! "

Saleh listened and said with a trembling voice: "Sir, you want us to recognize the Tower L class and also want us to join them?

This is impossible!

What you may not know about them is that they will not let those of us who have fought against them go free. "

Qiaojia waved his hand and said: "You are mistaken. The administrative power of Kandahar is given to the Taliban. Even your salary must be deducted from Kandahar's income. It does not mean that you want to join them.

I need a political structure in Kandahar that can be recognized and accepted by the outside world.

The purpose of recognizing the power of Taliban was to end the civil war in Afghanistan.

Tower L class is not allowed to deploy troops around Kandahar. Only a small number of security teams will receive training from P·B and then go on duty.

They nominally run Kandahar, but we all know that they can't completely control Kandahar if they can't convince the majority of the civilian population to trust them.

I need a strong-willed and clean armed force. As the Kandahar city garrison, let the outside world believe that even if the Taliban have taken power, the safety of those who are worried about being liquidated is still guaranteed.

You should look beyond the limitations of the past...

In the past, you worked for the Kabul government and were the enemies of the Tower L class, but now you can work for the city of Kandahar. Those Tower L classes are serving this city just like you.

Man, it's only a matter of time before the Taliban win, but if they want to gain recognition from the international community, they need to make a lot of political compromises.

We cannot change this fact, but we can take advantage of Kandahar’s special status and the political needs of the Taliban to preserve the ‘simple beauty’ I just mentioned. "

Saleh was silent for a long time. He looked back at his colleagues, and finally looked at Boss Qiao and said, "Sir, why can't you..."

Qiaojia waved his hand and said without waiting for him to finish: "I cannot directly participate in the internal politics of Afghanistan because I am a military contractor trusted by the United Nations. The purpose of my coming here is to combat drug trafficking and avoid humanitarian disasters.

And if a foreigner is allowed to manage the city of Aqionghan, what will you locals think? "

Qiao Jia shook his head helplessly and said: "With the withdrawal of NATO and the cessation of external aid, the countdown to Afghanistan's economic collapse will begin.

Once there is no input of external supplies, people will starve to death.

Many people believe in me, so here I am!

But the only thing I can do is to guard Kandahar, the most important commercial channel, and add my own credibility to ensure that the worst situation will not happen to Afghanistan.

In fact, I don't trust the Ta L class, because it may take a long time for them to fully integrate the tribes within Aqionghan, and they may not succeed in the end.

But I believe that the people of Afghanistan will not give up their homeland...

Guard Kandahar, guard the simple beauty, use this place as a window to let the outside world believe that Ah Qiong Khan can still be saved, and guard this life channel...

I don’t know if you are willing to make sacrifices for this, but I believe that there must be soldiers with enough faith and sense of honor who are willing to sacrifice everything for their homeland, for Kandahar, and for Afghanistan...

Those so-called political parties can take turns to come to power, but such soldiers will be remembered by the people and history of Afghanistan.

Every country or nation needs such people...

Protect your home, protect your country, protect your dignity, and protect the simple beauty! "