Over the past few months, Pakistan has essentially collapsed. The domino effect started when the province of Sindh declared independence. As the home of Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, and a center of international business, Sindh believed it could make it on its own as an independent country. Sindh also cited cultural difference to the Punjab region as part of its desire for independence, as well as being home to most of Pakistan's Hindu population. The central government in Islamabad ordered police and military in Sindh to put down the independence movement, but most refused to do so. The Pakistani Navy was the only holdout, which wished to enforce the rule of Islamabad. And so began a tense standoff, as forces who were only days ago part of the same military stared each other down on the border of Sindh and Punjab. The Pakistani Navy facilities in and around Karachi were besieged by Sindhi forces.
The standoff continued for weeks, and Pakistan continue to slide into disarray otherwise. Jihadist groups took the opportunity to unify and declare allegiance to the Islamic State. Armed Sikh nationalists began launching cross border raids from India and had soon come to engage with Pakistani forces in a running urban fight in the city of Lahore. The Pakistani Navy in Karachi grew increasingly worried that Pakistani forces in the Punjab would be unable to help them, and devised a breakout offensive. In the early hours of September 9th, Pakistani Marines and Navy Special Service Group personnel emerged from their bases with weapons and engaged with Sindhi forces. Meanwhile, Pakistani troops crossed the border between Sindh and Punjab in the north, hoping to shorten the distance the Navy personnel would have to fight in order to reach friendly lines.
The breakout offensive stalled. The Navy became bogged down in urban fighting in Karachi. Forces attacking from the north had to be diverted to fight the Sikhs and Islamic State. This was set to become a brutal war of attrition, and one of the largest humanitarian catastrophes in history as tens of millions of civilians were caught in the crossfire. Wanting to prevent a such a disaster on their borders, neighbouring Dayganistan announced they would deploy a peacekeeping force to Pakistan under the name of "Operation Lost Brothers." The operation was to have three purposes:
Prevent escalation of violence between all factions in the unrest that has swept Pakistan.
Facilitate safe passage for Pakistani Navy personnel to friendly lines.
Eliminate the jihadist presence which has once again used unrest as an opportunity to carry out their agenda of evil.
Dayganistan knows it cannot do this alone, it's forces need to be ready to secure its borders in case Pakistan treats the peacekeeping operation as an act of aggression by its longtime rival. As a result, Dayganistan has extended an invitation to other nations to join Operation Lost Brothers and help restore order and prevent a humanitarian crisis of unheard of proportions.
MAP
Green: Sindh
Red: Pakistan
Orange: Sikhs
Black: Islamic State
RULES
No godmodding. This one should always go without saying
No numberwank. This is not a conflict that requires multiple carrier strike groups, huge strategic bomber fleets, and hundreds of thousands of ground troops. I don't want to impose a force limit but I will trust people to try to keep things reasonable. I want this to be an RP that tells a story more so than a play to win RP
To add on to that, this RP does have a predetermined outcome and I don't want players to try to change that
I'm not asking you to be the second coming of Dostoevsky with your writing, but I am asking you to write at least one paragraph per post
To participate, I simply need to following from you (I reserve the right to request you make changes):
Nation name:
Type of involvement (humanitarian, military, or both):
Involvement composition:
