We have expectation to miss them completely

[meliss]

Hi, I have no suggestions what could it mean: how could you "have expectation" to miss somebody "completely"?
"According to one of Mullah Manan’s commanders, “Many of our friends have been martyred. We have expectation to miss them completely and in war always have trust in Allah.” Source: The American War in Afghanistan by Carter Malkasian

 

[Barque]

He probably means "We know we will have to continue without them".

I don't think you should take that sentence as an example of grammatical or idiomatic English.

 

[Tdol]

Could it be something like We will miss them a lot?