Guerilla warfare at its finest.
Col. David Hackworth wrote the book on fighting a counter-insurgency based on his previous lessons in Vietnam. The book was so controversial, the brass sent him back to Vietnam to prove it. He did.
Later, General Petraeus along with assistance from General Mattis wrote their own book, heavily plagiarizing Hackworth's, on how to deal with the insurgency in Iraq.
I read both books. Lost a lot of respect for Petraeus after that
This is not normal insurgency we had that back in 2007 but what we have here is something else like very low intensity insurgency like almost sporadic they can go silent at times for months before they do another gig.
What most people don´t realize is that PAKISTAN is a massive country 4 times the size of United kingdom not England but UK times 4 which means England+Scotland+Wales+North Ireland X 4 times.
These in the IEA gov´t always say nobody is in our territory and that is the truth because TTP doesn´t need to go anywhere as finding them inside KPK, swat or gilgit is close to impossible even if they were to slip into Kunar or Nuristan mountain ranges nobody would know it only god.
He can just come out of the mountains shoot at passing by cars to create a security incident then slip back into the mountains and Pakistan has alot Mountains it is a massive country with alot of mountains finding them is nearly impossible.
Plus there is plenty of rivers, fresh water lakes, waterfalls etc etc and plenty of wild game (Deer, Wild Goats, Markhor etc etc) and fish hence once they slip into the mountains outside of civilization they can stay there hunting wild game, just chill and come back a month or 2 later to do another security incident and then slip back into the highlands. They make a hut like house that is solid and they bring plenty of rice, flour and spices so that they can make biryani with wild game and also for flour they make bread and make wild game soups and what not.. They return back to civilization almost gained weight and you would not think this people have been in the wild and you can´t find them it is a massive mountainous country impossible they have adapted to the nature wild-life style hence they are not afraid of being catched or whatever because they know it is impossible.
The only time you can catch them is when they come down to resupply mainly 3 things Rice, Flour and spices they buy large quanitity of these that can last 2-3 years including Sugar and Tea. Sometimes they can buy in for 5 years meaning alot of supplies.
I recall I forgot his name he was a famous TTP individual he is one of the OGs he was assumed dead for years as nobody has seen the man for like upto 10 years then one day he emerged out of the mountains looking healthier and younger
