Hunting The Taliban In The Footsteps Of Winston Churchill: On Lawless Battlefields Nothing Has Changed In A Century

On the spot: David Rose takes notes as he travels with Pakistani troops

From The Daily Mail:

Along the high street in Kumbar Bazaar, normally a bustling market town, every shop has either been smashed by shells and missiles or sealed with steel shutters.

The only sounds carried on the hot morning air are birdsong and the soft, throaty clatter of the engines idling in the tanks guarding our rear. A forlorn cow, its ribs jutting, picks its way through the debris.

I turn to Major Zafar, the young Pakistani officer showing us round. 'What is happening to the animals, now their owners have fled?' He smiles ruefully and shrugs: 'Nothing. They are free.'

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My Comment: Plus ca change .... plus c'est le meme chose. The more things change .... the more that they stay the same.

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