Power structures begin to crumble voices of discontent continue to spread all across the country. The well-coordinated raids on key oil fields dealt three critical blows against the regime: the loss of a entire year's worth of crude oil production, the destruction of 68% of the country's oil wells, and the sudden lack of resources required to maintain the Army's hold over Takistan. They had succeeded in destroying many of the major refineries that were being used to funnel the production of crude oil and essentially, Aziz' power base. On April 17th, 2012, Royalist tribes were covertly assisted by American CIA operatives in helping to destabilise the regime's power base.
The leader who had brought the Socialists victory - Colonel Aziz, quickly took advantage of the profits from Takistan's crude oil exports to expand and strengthen the state police and build up its armed forces.Įxtensive research into chemical weapons also underwent much development under the new regime to help bolster its grip over the region and to an extent, that of the Soviet Union (in light of the latter's declining influence on the world stage). Post-civil war, the Army is bolstered by the addition of numerous tactical ballistic missiles and other heavy weaponry. In 1992 after more four years of violent civil war, the Socialists were finally able to prevail and succeeded in crushing the Royalists completely (though some pockets of resistance and the tribes that supported them continued to survive). The Soviet government directly supported the Socialists with an influx of military hardware and advisers however, which greatly helped to turn the tide against the Royalists.
Both factions were covertly and overtly supported by the Soviet Union and the United States (respectively), with each providing support to their sides to obtain strategic dominance over the stockpile of resources that the nation sat on. Its huge deposits of precious metal ores and crude oil reserves did not go unnoticed by the superpowers. Supported by Western coalition forces, the NTA's priority is the stabilisation of postwar Takistan and rooting out the last remnants of the old Army still loyal to the former dictator.įollowing the fall of the incumbent monarchy and second exile of the royal family, Socialist and Royalist groups fought for supremacy over control of Takistan at the height of the Cold War in 1988. Many militia groups and pro-Socialist warlords are also allied to the Army, and help to "enforce" Aziz' rule over the wide expanses of Central Takistan.įollowing the dissolution of Aziz' hardline regime, the Takistani Army was eventually reformed into the New Takistani Army (NTA). Though their hardware is incomparable to modern Western armies, Takistani soldiers are well accustomed to fighting and surviving in the barren hills of Takistan. The Army is mainly composed of conventional ground forces supported by a few air assets, and is funded by the steady flow of income generated by crude oil, natural gas, as well as mineral exports. Regional commanders loyal to the Colonel also serve as political leaders particularly those who participated in the 1992 coup d'etat. Aziz, the self-proclaimed leader controls the country with an iron grip. Led by its ruthless commander Colonel Muhammad R. Foreword to the Oath of Allegiance of the newly formed Takistani Army in 1992įormed out of the Socialists who prevailed in the civil war, the Takistani Army does not merely serve as the armed forces of Takistan it is the very will and right arm of the nation's government itself.