Regarding the SSG
Pakistan has lost 780 Operators in 2 years of Zarb-e-azb. This is after you have waged a COIN with F-16s, Cobras, Heavy Artillery and Armour AND backed by US Predators.
"That’s what Pakistan did in its nearly two-year Operation Zarb-e-azb targeting al-Qaida and its offshoots in North Waziristan, at a tremendous sacrifice of some 780 special forces, according to Maj. Gen. Tahir Masood, commander of the Pakistani Special Services Group (SSG)."
First off; he was most likely misquoted - what he meant was that we've lost over 780 special forces
SINCE the beginning of war on terror.
Most of these casualties were from 2004-2009; from terrorist attacks against SOF facilities. One more thing to point out is that the SSG is only one of many SOF units and LCB is also sometimes misconcepted as a 'Special Forces' unit - but it's actually Pakistan's equivalent of India's RR.
Pakistan has lost approx 587 soldiers and 2,194 injured to Operation Zarb e Azb; while the Taliban has around 3,500 confirmed and over 4,300 estimated with over 1000 surrendered, arrested or nabbed.
That is a Horrible Horrible Record. IMO the reason for this is that The SSG has been doing duties of Elite Light Infantry rather than SOF duties. When the regular PA failed in much of what they were trying to do the SSG took over and has payed a very bloody price. You have been loosing an Operator a Day.
You're wrong again; we have a unit called the LCB for light infantry action. SSG is sometimes held back as a support unit or special teams are sent to secure positions that they are trained to do. SSG was credited for capturing many peaks, securing compact urban environments and clearing tunnels/caves.
While the SSG has a raised strenght of "7000" the meat of the fighting men is around 3000 - So you have lost nearly 1/3 of your SSG strenght. Thats a Significant hole in your orbat. (Specially considering you utterly incompetent the Rest of the PA is)
All SSG are fighting men but only around 500 are serving in active war zones. There is also a significant amount of SSG operators abroad.
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The LCB was created to close the conventional-unconventional gap within the Pakistan Army. Our army was trained to fight a conventional war with India and was not prepared for a prolonged insurgency against the Taliban. Despite all that; we've performed much better than US/ISAF forces in Afghanistan. We are now experts in CT and our soldiers are battlehardend in unconventional warfare.
Combat phase of Operation Zarb e Azb is basically over; all terror infrastructure is destroyed and they no longer hold an inch of land. Whatever remnants have fled to Afghanistan, been captured or are starving in some isolated cave without any weapons to fight us. The last phase of Operation Zarb e Azb is underway; now that we've kicked the terrorists out - we'll be erecting a massive fence/wall/ditch to keep them out.