Jalalabad is the provincial capital of Nangarhar Province, only 10 kilometers away from Kabul, the largest city in Afghanistan, and more than 500 kilometers away from Kandahar, the second largest city.
Sinwa is one of the few important cities surrounding the Kandahar region.
As an influential warlord in the Kandahar region and the warlord who cooperates the most with the US military, Zaid Khan has made his home base in Sinwa.
Jalalabad is in eastern Afghanistan and Shinwa is in southern Afghanistan.
There are more than 500 kilometers apart.
Long Zhan, Mandy and Jason took a helicopter and took more than two hours to arrive at Xingwa.
Zaidhan is indeed as Dick said, working closely with the US military but not liking Americans, claiming that he is fighting for the people of Afghanistan.
It's very similar to the watch that was being sold and a chastity memorial arch was built at the same time.
As soon as Long Zhan and the others got off the plane, they were surrounded by a group of Afghan soldiers. Each of them was holding a basic M4 rifle. Ninety-nine percent of them were arms aided by the US government.
Before formally meeting Zaidhan, the soldiers searched Long Zhan and Jason.
After making sure that the two of them did not carry any weapons, the three of them were brought into the center of the base, into a large house that had been eroded by the wind and sand all year round and turned khaki.
Mandy was not searched.
Due to the teachings and regulations of Islam, Afghan soldiers will not search the bodies of foreign women, and foreigners are not allowed to search Afghan women.
After entering the room and turning a few corners, Long Zhan and the other three were led into a dark room with tiles and carpets.
Sitting directly in front of the room was a bearded man.
Wearing a Middle Eastern-style headscarf, a white dress-like robe, and a black suit jacket.
This combination of something neither foreign nor earthy can be said to be ugly, only eye-catching.
There were two armed soldiers on each side of the room. They were also bearded but wearing camouflage uniforms. The weapons in their hands changed to AK74.
The same army has many main weapons. It is estimated that only India dares to compete with Zaid Khan.
Around the wall in the room, there were seven or eight men also wearing jumpsuits and robes, who should be Zaid Khan's confidants.
Long Zhan guessed that they gathered here most likely to support Zaidhan.
It's similar to a gangster brother bringing a group of younger brothers to the scene.
Three woven cushions were spread beside Zaidhan. Jason was arranged to sit on the left, Long Zhan was arranged on the right, and Mandy was facing Zaidhan.
The four people formed a small circle, with a tea set placed in the open space in the middle.
"Thank you for meeting us, Shik Qasim Zaidhan."
Mandy first expressed her gratitude to Zaidhan, and calling people by their full names when they met for the first time represented respect among the Pashtuns.
As a senior intelligence officer, Mandy does a perfect job in details.
After Dragon Warrior translated the previous paragraph to Zadhan, Mandy went straight to the point and said: "Let's make sure first. Do you know the purpose of our coming here?"
Zaidhan said something expressionlessly.
Long Zhan translated: "He said that we came to find him for our dead brothers."
Long Zhan knew that Zadhan could speak English, so the reason why he spoke in Pashto was purely to make things difficult for them and to show his status.
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There is no point in debunking it.
"Ask him if he knows who the target of the group of people who attacked Team E was." Jason asked.
"Hamid Gul Baladur."
Before Long Zhan started translating, Zadhan himself gave the answer, not in Pashto, but in pure English.
"How do you know?"
Jason asked casually and was stunned for a moment before realizing something was wrong.
This girl can speak English!
"I am the master here and I know everything." Zaidhan said with his hands raised above his head in a pretentious manner.
"Including English?" Jason complained.
"Americans have been here for 0 years, do you think I still don't know what you say?"
Zaidhan smiled dryly, picked up the gooseneck teapot and poured tea while saying: "First, we killed the Russians with you, and then the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
Now, God willing, we can continue to cooperate in the massacre of Hamid Baladur."
"Continue to cooperate? Balladur is not dead?" Mandy had a lot of thoughts in her heart, but her face remained motionless.
"If you really think that Balladur will be buried under that house with your dead warriors, then I am sorry that I can only bring you bad news."
After finishing speaking, Zaidhan picked up the tea cup and placed a cup for each of Long Zhan and the other three.
"You mean...he's still alive?" Jason looked at Zadhan and said.
"Baradur is still alive? Are you sure?" Mandy also asked.
Zaidhan did not give a direct answer.
He glanced at Jason and Mandy and said calmly: "You have got the answer you want. After drinking this cup of tea, you can leave."
This scene is very much like a monk playing a riddle. It seems that the answer is given to you but it seems that it is not.
Actively cooperate closely with the U.S. military, provide all kinds of help and intelligence within its capabilities, but do not offend the anti-government armed forces hiding among the Afghan civilians, and do not disclose accurate information to the U.S. military.
The goal is to achieve the goal of not offending both parties and benefiting both parties.
This ability to be as clever as I am in both directions may be the main reason why Zaid Khan can rise here and become the largest warlord in eastern Afghanistan.
Long Zhan knew the answer to Zadhan's riddle, so he smiled and didn't ask any more questions.
Jason and Mandy didn't force the question.
The U.S. government needs the support of the Afghans. As the largest warlord in Kandahar, Zaid Khan is highly valued by the U.S. government.
If Zaidhan is really pissed off, although he is not so bold as to kill people and beat up Long Zhan and the others, he still has the courage.
Afterwards, the US government would not do anything to Zaid Khan for its political purposes.
Of course, then again.
In this narrow indoor space, if Zaidhan really dared to order someone to be beaten, his four soldiers with guns would not be able to protect him.
Jason is no ordinary person.
Dragon War is a monster in terms of close combat. (To be continued)