Indian conduct on military doctrine

The Indian Army has been in Botswana for almost four decades and they were here for good reasons. Their objective was to train Botswana Defence Force (BDF) and provide technical assistance. Frankly speaking, the BDF has grown to what we know it to be through the guidance of the Indian military.

Indian soldiers are good in all aspects and it certainly was not a bad idea to engage them in this critical area of technical support. They were not only in Botswana but were spread around Africa and were or are still found in countries such as Lesotho.  I personally think that the relationship between BDF and the Indian military should have ended in the days of Lt Gen Khama as commander.

However, it is now history that the Indians were here. But it is this history that has shaped the way our military conducts operation. The influence that has occurred in the past long term relationship will have an immense influence in the way our military doctrine is shaped.

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