Cutt3 Betrayed

By Dr Tony Miller

The exploits of this almost all women Afghan team continue.

The oldest 18, the youngest just 14. Set in modern-day Afghanistan this fascinating story continues to unfold. Their deeds are acknowledged by the Americans, British and Russians, which in itself is very unusual. They have been welded into a behind the lines fighting unit by Kate Murphy and the man who released them from sexual slavery, known only as "the Commander" who is British.

 From horror, rejection, shame and adversity the Afghan girls become unique in helping to reduce drug, arms and people trafficking, excelling at all they do, aided surprisingly by some Japanese volunteers. But will unforeseen treachery and betrayal see them terminated?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dr Tony Miller
• Release date: Aug 25, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393674924

Dr Tony Miller

Dr Tony Miller is an International Psychologist and has successfully written to date 32 books, some published in Chinese. The series My love affair with Olga has achieved a worldwide readership and comprises of 5 books. Cutt8, this latest book in the Cutt series is now available and is likely to become a film. All of the Cutt series are available as audio books. Dr T. can be contacted by email at [e-mail] and for business www.tony-miller.com

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Chapters

Introduction to Cutt 3

Who’s who – some of the main characters

Chapter 1 - Betrayed?

Chapter 2 – Dealing with our executioner

Chapter 3 - Overlooked ; sorry!

Chapter 4 - Our new home

Chapter 5  - Afghanistan and dangers of foreign intervention

Chapter 6 – A truly international team

Chapter 7 – Home and England

Chapter 8 – The end?

Chapter 9 – A final challenge

Front cover: Tela just before her 15th Birthday

Introduction Cutt 3

The exploits of this almost all women Afghan team continue.

The oldest 18, the youngest just 14. Set in modern-day Afghanistan this fascinating story continues to unfold. Their deeds are acknowledged by the Americans, British and Russians, which in itself is very unusual. They have been welded into a behind the lines fighting unit by Kate Murphy and the man who released them from sexual slavery, known only as the Commander who is British.

From horror, rejection, shame and adversity the Afghan girls become unique in helping to reduce drug, arms and people trafficking, excelling at all they do, aided surprisingly by some Japanese volunteers. But will unforeseen treachery and betrayal see them terminated?

The Author

Dr Tony Miller is a Psychologist and has successfully written to date 25 books, some published in Chinese. The series My love affair with Olga has achieved a worldwide readership and comprises of 5 books.

Cutt3, this latest book is now available and is likely to become a film. It is the third book in the trilogy. He can be contacted by e mail at [e-mail]

Who’s who – some of the main characters

General James Green always referred to as Commander age 18, officially no identity – but British Army

Selected to work behind enemy lines due to exceptional language and survival skills

Always referred to as the Commander, he inherited his fathers nick name

Ranked worlds number one with the use of twin swords

Specialist in silent killing

Pets, two tigers

The leader of the behind the lines platoon

In love with Murphy – they are lovers. Also very fond of Begum.

Fearless in battle

Physically big and very strong.

Expert knife thrower

Fluent in most languages written and spoken

Photo restricted due to security

Lieutenant Kate Murphy age 25; Nationality English. Officially no identity – but British Army

Selected but actually volunteered to work with the Commander.

Kate Murphy always referred to as Murphy – is the leader of the Platoon

Specialist in unarmed combat

Fiercely competitive and always pushing the limits

Murphy had fallen in love with the Commander and they are lovers

Murphy had forged the team into a truly awesome fighting unit

Physically curvy and attractive - very strong.

Speaks English fluent Afghan, Russian and some Japanese

Begum – Nationality Afghan. `Unofficial rank Captain – a volunteer, 18years old, unpaid and the leader of the Afghan team, tall strong and never gives up. Loved by the Afghan team.

100% loyal to the Commander, had she not been damaged by sexual abuse she would do anything to be with the Commander.

Is in love with the Commander

Natural athlete amazing physique.

A superb leader seems to get things done through others with great ease.

Great in combat has no fear of anything.

She has a communication skill with the other Afghans that is beyond words.

Speaks Afghan, English, some Japanese and reasonable Russian

Can speak and write very good English, passable Russian and some Japanese.

Himeko , age 25 – Nationality Japanese next in command to Begum a former commando in Japanese army – expert swords woman and a volunteer.

Seen by the Afghans as an Afghan not as Japanese

Small build but great stamina

Speaks, Japanese, fluent English, Afghan and some Russian

Outstanding with the sword, being coached by the Commander who thinks she has great potential

Expert Knife thrower

Very quiet, gets on well with every one and totally reliable

Is seen, and would be accepted as the natural replacement to Begum if anything happened to her.

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Tela age 14 – Nationality Afghan – next in line to Himeko. Very feisty and can be impetuous.

Speaks Afghan, some Russian, English and passable Japanese.

Very chatty which often gets her into trouble with Begum

Expert with all fire arms but exceptional using Rocket Propelled grenades.

Has an out standing ability to spot land mines and booby traps

Seen as having no fear, despite her tender years

demands respect, particularly for the Commander

Begum sees a lot of potential in her

Chapter 1 – Betrayed?

At our secret base in Afghanistan everything was moving along just fine. As a group we seemed in harmony almost all of the time and the team were in super physical condition. My official but never to be spoken rank is General in the British Army Although my name is Tom Roberts I’m just 19 years old but everyone always calls me Commander. It was my late fathers nick name and it got passed to me.

Our behind the lines team consists mainly of Afghan women all under 19, the youngest Tela, now 14 years of age. Also a part of the team is Himeko, 26, a Japanese female national and Cher a Russian Fembot with an exceptional level of developing Artificial Intelligence, the platoon leader, Kate Murphy who I am deeply in love with.

Kate is always referred to as Murphy; she joined as a volunteer and is really a Lieutenant in the British Army, the same age as Himeko.

Our platoon numbers were always fluctuating, as our behind the lines work is very dangerous, with a high number of fatalities.

At the present time our number and structure for combat is as follows:

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Murphy – gun Aka47  Commander – swords

Himeko  Food and water  Begum Machine gun Ammo

Farzaneh Grenade carrier  Tela Grenade launcher 

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Aina Grenade carrier  Saba Grenade launcher

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Oranos Grenade carrier  Homa Grenade launcher 

Roya Grenade carrier  Poonah Grenade launcher 

Parnad  gun - Aka  47  + ammo  Raha gun - Aka 47 + ammo

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Cher - Machine gun 

In addition of course; the 6 industrial robots and our two tigers.

We sleep in the order that we march. This gives us the opportunity in an emergency to stand up and to go straight into action and to be in the correct marching order. So if I was laying on my back my head would be at Murphy’s feet; To my immediate right would be Begum. To Murphy’s immediate right, Himeko

We have a secret home, in Southern Afghanistan where we are based and from where we launch our attacks. Our home is a massive cave, surrounded by a large pool. Our transportation was now limited, we were just down to one jeep and our massive borrowed Russian helicopter.

I’m not someone who dwells on past events but I had re occurring dreams of some of our behind the lines engagements. The link, although rather tenuous was that many of us felt l we had been set up to fail. There was the ambush where we were led into a minefield, costing the lives of three of the team. Incorrect maps seemed a common reoccurrence, very difficult to believe that the combined intelligence of the British, American and Russian armies could not produce one accurate map between them.

Then there was our last encounter. One of the key targets a garrison of about 50 professional soldiers, all of whom had vacated the site just before we arrived.  Then at exactly the same time, the same 50 launched an attack on an American base, which we knew was weak. I made up my mind; I would see if any of the team felt the same, I would air this after dinner tonight.

Dinner was at 7pm, as always the air full of chatter about the days activities, as we were finishing I said to the team, Please remain seated, there is something I would like to ask your opinion on

I said to Cher, Get the robots please as I value their contribution

When the robots arrived I started. I would like you to think about our time together, in particular have you any thoughts that some of our missions have been compromised, do you feel we have been led into an ambush for example?

Tela spoke up immediately When we first met you Commander, we all felt the odds were always stacked against you, in the first instance, when there was the helicopter crash, at our old base, where did those Russians all appear from, you know the team all dressed in black? Tela continued they were going to kill you, why was that?

Murphy then chipped in, Then there was the first attack on the American base, just when we happened to be there, and the incident where we were told to follow the insurgents, and we got caught in that minefield

Saba added what about the joke maps we keep getting, a child could do better

Begum then said, We don’t have to go back that far, look at our last mission, an empty garrison - just when we arrived and at exactly the same time the attack on the American base.

There was lots of nodding going on Himeko added What about all the interest in Cher, for what purpose is that for?

I then intervened OK what’s the issue here and who is the common link? It went very quiet when Murphy said Its your Controller?

Although no one spoke, everyone nodded.

Deep down inside I had the same feeling, I also felt rather stupid that I had not spotted this earlier. The thought of being betrayed by some one I trusted and my father had trusted was beyond my immediate comprehension; but I’m sure it was true.

Before I could say anything Cher said, The end will come if your invited to a CCS country such as Georgia, that’s where we will all be killed. There was a pause and Cher continued, The executioner is likely to be the Controller and the Mafia, I think the Controller is on their payroll and clearly your disrupting business to such an extent they want you, and us out of the way.

Murphy added, while Begum and I were doing the training at the academy the controller appeared, he was asking lots of questions about our next mission which was of course Pakistan. His particular interest was the exact dates.

The team were all nodding in agreement. I then went onto say Well we need to be alert and when the time comes we had better come up with a cunning plan. I paused and added, Until then relationships with the Controller must seem as normal as possible

Murphy replied Yes Commander the rest just nodded in agreement.

With that we all went to the pool for a relaxing bathe.

It was clear that Begum wanted a private word, she kept glancing over to me waiting for an opportunity, as the evening progressed, most of the team had got out of the water and were getting ready for bed, I was alone with Begum, we sat together tears were rolling down her face, she found it very difficult to speak when she did she said Remember I will be with you always, to hell and back if necessary

She seemed to be unable to say any more, with that she got up and left. The thought that we had been betrayed had upset every one, also that some one on our side was setting us up to be killed, me in particular.

I went to bed; the set up was the same, in parallel lines, immediately to my right Begum. As she was in such a state, I suspected she would join me at some time in the night, I mention it to Murphy who said, OK. She too had been crying.

I’m not sure anyone slept well that night, there was however nothing we could do at this stage, training resumed in the morning we had a quiet breakfast then we were all off for an all day march.

Our fitness level was now very high with all of the team; Homa, Saba’s sister now sported a six pack and was very lean and mean and fully integrated into the team. Our march went well, at the end we all looked in good shape, nobody looked exhausted, the team were true athletes. We had a swim and then all sat down for our dinner, it was rather a quiet affair I said after the meal, Begum, why don’t you sing one of your beautiful songs?

To my surprise she replied I can’t see anything worth singing for at the moment –sorry

There was a complete hush and a sad, sad atmosphere"

I stood up and said I have no idea why you should be sad, look at all the amazing things we have achieved together, the victories we have achieved – together, we are a big, happy and very successful family. At the moment we have a massive advantage, we know who has betrayed us and we, yes we, will take that advantage and make it work for us. We have always done this and we have always been victorious, so please no more sad faces. Lets train and train well, when the time comes, it will be us that springs the big trap, and I swear to God, the Controller will die by my hands.

There was complete silence for a moment then every one clapped.

Murphy stood up walked over to me, took my hand and kissed it, she said Always together

She was followed by Begum, Commander, to hell and back –we have done it before, it’s no big deal She kissed my hand for a long time, then said I will sing a bit later on

Himeko was next she kissed my hand and looked me straight in the eye Bushido my Commander and brother of the sword

Tela came next and kissed my hand I will always be with you, your shadow

The rest followed, last was Cher she kissed my hand I will always be with you – always, your right we have a huge advantage at the moment.

We all ended up in the pool, we had been swimming about for 15 minutes, Begum got out of the pool, she stood facing us and then started singing, a quiet, beautiful song. Everyone was silent it was a magic moment, were all bathed in soft moonlight, Begum looked so beautiful, naked but for a few droplets of water. The others all started to join in, the air full of the most beautiful music. What ever was coming, all of this, everything we had was worth fighting for; no matter what the cost.

More singing followed, all Afghan songs all very soft. We all turned in for bed at 10pm the next day was to be sword and knife practice.

Breakfast was back to normal, everyone seemed focused and wanted to get straight on with sword practice. We were on the parade ground early – led by Himeko.

Himeko was at a very high level with her sword work. When we stopped for a break I asked her Why don’t you go for being a Master, you would be the first woman ever to receive such an honour?

Himeko was clearly giving it a lot of thought, then replied Why not, next time we are in Japan, it will be the masters who will do the grading and I feel I’m ready

I smiled, then lets make it happen. Bushido forever Himeko

She replied smiling Forever my Commander

That afternoon knife practice went well, speed and accuracy were faultless, also everyone had a good time.

I thought a lot about Himeko’s grading, I could not see a time in the near future. I would contact the Grand Master in Japan and see if there was any other way to do it. I know that he liked England and the Academy, perhaps he and the Masters could visit – well it was an idea.

In the evening I asked the robots to join us after dinner, I said to the platoon I have asked the robots here as we are one family and I have no secrets from any of you, we need to make sure we can defend our home here if its ever attacked. I continued Please anyone interrupt me if I leave anything out or my logic seems flawed in any way. If we have an attack I suspect it will come from one of two places, both in are old camp, where we park the jeeps, that spot is known by the Americans, Insurgents and perhaps the Russian Mafia. Most of the group were nodding, I continued The second place is the northern spike of rocks, the Mafia have landed there, the all in Black Russians landed there, the Controller knows where it is and also the Russian Air force/Army knows where it is. I paused my question to the Robots, If someone approached from the East towards where we park the jeeps – how far out does our security system go?

Robot 1 replied Commander, our range to the west is at the moment half a kilometre, but we could extend it out to 10kms.

I replied – then we should do it immediately

The robots all replied Yes Commander

I continued Then there is the spike of rock at the northern end near where the girls in the west used to reside, how safe are we there?

Robot one replied We only have surveillance on the rock area, no further

I replied – Can we do the same, push the surveillance out as far as possible

Robot 1 replied, Yes Commander

Tela had her hand up

Yes Tela I said

She replied, there is one other possibility, from the site where you first rescued us, which became our first home, there is a path, it leads to the big insurgents camp which we destroyed, some one will perhaps remember it

Very good Tela I replied, then I looked at robot one

Robot one replied, The place from where you rescued the majority of girls is covered – the path is not, but it can be done

I was deep in thought for a moment Cher, when this surveillance equipment was purchased in Japan, would the Controller or any one else know about it

No one would know Commander, none of it appeared on the list given to the Grand Master. It was an afterthought when I was in Japan and we just took up all the space in the crates with it. These consignments were delivered by the Japanese air force all the crates were sealed Cher paused Also no one knows about the blast doors on our cave.

I responded by saying Well that’s another advantage we have Then continued What about our home here

Murphy replied, Apart from the tunnel there is only one known way up or down, it’s the rock face near the parade ground

I looked at robot 1; the reply was it’s covered from top to bottom at the moment

Tela chipped it, We should lay mines all around its base – I could do that

I nodded in agreement.

Murphy then said; I assume we start tomorrow

Yes I replied then added – all the goats needed to be moved up here, they are a real give away at our old base.

Saba replied – I can do that

Our discussions went on late into the night, if anyone came poking around our home they would be in for a big shock.

Time passed and our days were full of work updating the security systems. Three of the robots were to be permanently stationed where base one was, one at where the girls in the west were based, that was at the extreme western end of the foliage, another robot near the northern rocky spike where the helicopters had landed, the third at the jeep area near the pool/cave at the eastern end. Our new home, which was our current base, there would be  one robot on surveillance to the south and the other to the north. The last robot ; robot 1 would man the control room which is in our cave. As far as our security was concerned, I was convinced we had done all we could; Tela had laid a series of mines, the locations of which were only apparent from one angle of approach. She had done an outstanding job.

The robots would for the first time have a full battle role, they were to pick and carry weapons of their choice and be fully armed all the time. Cher was to be responsible for using the helicopter in battle also for putting the bullet proof battle clothing on the tigers, if the shit hits the fan as they say the tigers would be deployed. I would have to help Cher do this so she could perform this task if and when needed - on her own. It was always of interest to me that the tigers took no notice of Cher, so she was probably the only one they would let get near.

Chapter 2 – Dealing with our executioner

We were going about our daily routine as directed by Murphy, I was going to do some research myself so I was in a good position to protect us as if the controller had immediate plans to kill us. I wanted to enlist the help of Master Sargent Ray Hanks at the American base in the east region of Zabul. I needed to know first hand what the Americans were up to and how that might affect us. My method of contacting him would be to fly out by helicopter and make a transmission from the extreme south-east of Zabul; there I would make an arrangement to meet him, hopefully on the same day. I explained to Murphy and Begum what I was up to and that I would leave the next day, Cher was to fly the helicopter.

Murphy and Begum both wanted to come, I explained this was going to be a one to one meeting with Ray Hanks. He probably had a new title by now and I hoped he was the post Commander.

Immediately after breakfast the next day we were air born, it was six am. when we took off. We flew very low and kept as close as we could to the southern border of Afghanistan. We landed to the east of the rock crop, directly west was the American base, immediately in front of the rock face to our west was the minefield that had claimed the lives of three of the platoon during our ambush.

I radioed into the base, the voice was familiar, it was the regular radio operator. He recognised my voice. I said Keep the raps on this conversation 100%.

His reply I understand.

I asked, Who is the camp Commander at the moment?

It’s Captain Hanks he replied

Get Captain Hanks to the radio, make sure no one overhears you, I will wait."

The reply Yes, Commander.

and break the connection and spin the frequency dial before you leave.

Yes Commander, with that the transmission ended and I sat back and waited for the return call.

Cher was sitting next to me and never uttered a word. Then she turned to face me and said, I detect Commander this is the start of a cunning plan."

I smiled and replied its part of a number of cunning plans to make sure everyone is as safe as possible, and that I get the opportunity to kill the Controller before he kills us.

Just as I finished the radio burst into life, it was Ray Hanks. I was about to speak when he blurted out

For God's sake, tell me, Commander, we are not going to be attacked immediately.

No, relax it’s a sort of a social call, congratulations on your promotion I replied.

I continued – can you meet me, I am in my helicopter, due east. If you drive out you will see a crop of rocks 10km out, swing north before you get to them as there is a minefield in front. Then drive around the back of the rocks – I'm there.

Captain Hanks replied, I suppose our meeting is now, Commander.

I replied chuckling That will do nicely, don't tell anyone about our meeting – no one.

He replied Roger the transmission was closed.

I then said to Cher, Go North round the rocks and be in a position so that you can see him approach, then signal to him when he can see you.

Cher replied Yes, Commander and left immediately. Thirty minutes later, I could hear the jeep, the rear helicopter doors were open and the Captain drove straight in. We did our salutes and he kissed my hand, we both sat in the jeep, Cher went off saying she would try to find some hot coffee.

I said congratulations on your promotion, I hope you're enjoying it.

Captain Hanks replied It's like a dream come true, I love every minute of it.

I continued let me cut to the chase, we have a security leak, we have identified a person, close to us who we believe is working in conjunction with the Russian Mafia. As we have been so disruptive since we have been operational, I believe this traitor has devised a plan to kill the entire platoon.

Captain Hanks nodded what do you need from me.

I replied, I don't want you to do anything that would compromise the American Army or that might be in conflict with your official duties at the camp. I paused, I just need to get one step ahead of the game, I just need to know if there is anything different happening, change of routine or anything you feel is odd in any way.

Captain Hanks sat motionless for some time, hot coffee arrived, and then he continued, Well what's news; your Blues and Royals are arriving at Camp Bastion (Shorabak) today, they are to do border patrols in Helmand, it's a recipe for disaster. He paused for a long time, then added There seems a lot of interest into finding out exactly where you're based – the person making these enquiries turned up here just a few days after your team saved us. I'm sure this is your man.

I murmured – The Controller.

Captain Hanks replied, – Your right. He has been here before, shortly after the minefield incident, he seemed obsessed to find out  - not who survived but who was killed, an interesting focus, don't you think?

I nodded Thanks, thanks so much, all of this will unfold very soon, knowing this will help me be better prepared, I’m worried about the Blues and Royals, they seemed to be set up to fail again. Just remember, we have not met and there has never been any conversation on any matter today, I hope the drive cleared away your migraine.

Captain Hanks smiled If you need any military support, I’m now in a position to take all sorts of actions on my own initiative.

We finished our coffee, I got out of the jeep Captain Hanks reversed out, saying Good luck Commander. The ramp closed, Cher and I sat in the pilot's seats and waited for nightfall. Just as it was getting dark, we took off – destination – home.

We flew very low and on a different route, I did some of the flying as I desperately needed to practice, this helicopter was a monster for sure, unloaded it was amazing and quite fast. As we approached Home base, Cher took over and did the landing which was quite a tricky manoeuvre.

It was very late the entire team were about – dinner had been postponed until our return. We all sat down together and I recalled the whole discussion I had had with Captain Hanks. I then addressed the issue of the Blues and Royals. "I'm sure they are being set up, we need to make an initial contact with them, urgently, someone needs to go out near the Civilian