Kulkarni listened carefully to the questions before forming the responses.
"The city here is not too badly damaged, naturally as it is the capital it is perhaps the most well defended. What we have seen though is a pattern where for several days air strikes and artillery bombard a town close to the frontier and then the ground forces move in. In those towns and other cities we have seen severe damage with whole blocks levelled by the Parbhani military. We have had to therefore focus teams on getting people out of the rubble, unblocking streets and the roads so ambulances can get by. It has become difficult to move people out of the warzone because of damage to things such as bridges and overpasses. In terms of plans of the city I am sure these can be made available." He looked at a man in a suit who nodded and then began a phone call asking for them to be brought.
"As for our casualty figure we have seen around 3,500 from our military die in defence of their homeland, around another 5,000 or so suffering major injuries. In terms of civilians we have casualty figures at around 3,000 most from the frontier towns. We however have around 30,000 people unaccounted for, we are not sure if they are dead, in a prison, in hiding or refugees. As for the damage we passed these were carried out by the Parbhani's using what we think was a type of long range missile we have not been able to work out the exact weapon."
"The final question. We do not believe he could end this in a week. I think it highly likely we could fight to a stalemate. Our resolve is such that his casualty figures and financial cost to reduce us to a point where he is victorious would make it not worth it. We are confident that we can last at present another 12 months with ease, even longer. The enemy are far too over confident in their weight of numbers. "