The Mongols are returning to Afghanistan

[Farnan]

Mongolia: 40

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...TI4HgD9CCIL580

Taliban better run...

[BlackPirate]

I ve heard somewhere that they have the best cavalry in the world

[Farnan]

While most are setting timeframes for troop withdrawal, one country is surprisingly joining the fight in Afghanistan: Mongolia. Under its "third neighbor" policy effort to reach out to allies other than China and Russia, the most sparsely populated country in the world will send 130 soldiers to Kabul in August and a further 23 trainers in September.

The last major operation the country's army faced was in 1945, when it helped the Soviet Union invade Manchuria. Like Afghanistan, much of Mongolia's arsenal is Soviet-made from the 1960s and 1970s, giving troops a surprising advantage when training their Afghan counterparts who are using equally antiquated machinery. Deputy Chief Gen. Y. Choijamts said:

It is one of the best ways to show that Mongolia is not only thinking about itself. It will show we're contributing to regional stability.

[The Afghans] have Russian equipment; we have Russian equipment. It's a lot easier for them to work with us.


The last time the Mongolian army was in Afghanistan in such substantial numbers was more than 800 years ago, when Genghis Khan stormed through on his way to Persia.

Mongolian troops will undoubtedly join American-led efforts in the surge that isn't called a surge.

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/...et_in_the_ring

Well AP may be off some.

[Captain Jin]

The troops will be happy for some authentic mongolian beef. I heard no one makes it as well as Mongolians.

[Pious Agnost]

Maybe this time there will be less salting the earth and piling of skulls

[Farnan]

Maybe this time there will be less salting the earth and piling of skulls

Maybe.

But then again remind the Taliban of Afghan history and they may decide that war is overrated haha.

ULAN BATOR, July 21 (Reuters) - Mongolian military officers said the country plans to send troops to Afghanistan, in a cooperation that stems from its "third neighbour" policy to reach out to allies other than China and Russia.

The landlocked nation has previously operated artillery training teams in Afghanistan and sent troops to serve with the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq.

"It is one of the best ways to show that Mongolia is not only thinking about itself," said Major General Y. Choijamts, deputy chief of the general staff. "It will show we're contributing to regional stability."

Some 130 Mongolian soldiers will arrive in Kabul in August to help protect Camp Eggers, while 23 others on training missions with the Afghan National Army should deploy by late September.

Additional Mongolian troops could participate in a NATO operation to protect a German-led reconstruction team in northern Afghanistan at the end of this year.

The Mongolian army, which has not seen major combat since assisting the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in 1945, will acquire vital, on-the-ground experience, Choijamts added.

Mongolia's involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan has helped cement its alliance with the United States and secure grants and aid.

Military officers hope additional deployments will bring in funds to modernise the nation's antiquated combat systems.

Most of Mongolia's arsenal was manufactured during the 1960s and 1970s in the Soviet Union, giving Mongolian trainers an edge when training Afghan counterparts in the use and maintenance of their larger weapons.

"[The Afghans] have Russian equipment; we have Russian equipment," said Major Dahjivaa Ariunbold, a veteran of the Iraq campaign. "It's a lot easier for them to work with us."

Deteriorating security in Afghanistan hindered Mongolia's previous training teams, which operated there from 2003 to 2008.

"Initially we conducted operations on our own, but after 2006 we had to use escorts," said battery officer Lieutenant Colonel D. Munkhsaikhan said. "Things have gotten worse."

Mongolia's deployment will mark its largest military presence in Afghanistan since the age of Genghis Khan, when Mongol forces stormed through the area on their way to Persia.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSPEK122752

How come they have to mention Ghengis Khan anytime they mention Mongols. You have one leader who brutally conquers the largest land empire in history, leaving skull pyramids, and no one lets it down.

[Space Wolves]

This will not end well

http://www.cracked.com/article_16972_p2.html

MONGOLZ!

[Jaketh]

This will not end well

http://www.cracked.com/article_16972_p2.html

MONGOLZ!

wow the mongols where totally ing badass, too bad america isnt like that today

[Space Wolves]

wow the mongols where totally ing badass, too bad we arnt like that today

Don't be silly they still are, there just hiding there AWESOME skills until the right moment!

[Captain Jin]

How come they have to mention Ghengis Khan anytime they mention Mongols. You have one leader who brutally conquers the largest land empire in history, leaving skull pyramids, and no one lets it down.

Because the only other notable thing out of Mongolia is the aforementioned Mongolian Beef AND .... that's it.

[hellheaven1987]

Hopefully those Mongols would teach Taliban how to fight properly... Like Timur...

[Babur]

Hopefully those Mongols would teach Taliban how to fight properly... Like Timur...

yeah lol

I wonder what are their views of the Hazaras though?

Maybe this time there will be less salting the earth and piling of skulls

indeed:

[Big Pacha]

Because the only other notable thing out of Mongolia is the aforementioned Mongolian Beef AND .... that's it.

Nope. Sheeps only... but the best angora wool in the world!

[Captain Jin]

Actually if they piled some Taliban skulls I'd be fine with that.

[Didz]

I didn't realise that they had left.

[Cougar109]

Bah, all the Taliban has to do is build a wall and it's over.

[Farnan]

Bah, all the Taliban has to do is build a wall and it's over.

The Mongols will just bribe Taliban people to open the gates of the wall just like the Chinese.

[Gertrudius]

It's true about the equipment all being soviet era relics.

Hell, the only things I saw on the list that weren't from soviet russia were the Harbin Y-12 and the Mi-17. If anyone's qualified to teach the ANA or ANP about handling soviet weapons, it's them.