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Afghanistan
Indo-Pakistan proxy war heats up in Afghanistan
2010-04-27
Background piece by Ay Pee, about how India and Pakistan are playing a modern version of the Great Game for the heart and soul of Afghanistan. India wants trade and access to the energy suppliers of Central Asia; Pakistan wants to prevent being trapped, with India on one side and an India-allied Afghanistan on the other, when in case of war Afghanistan was intended by Allah to be Pakistan's bolt-hole. Despite the poesy of the opening sentences, below, it's worth your time to read at the link.
Across Afghanistan, behind the obvious battles fought for this country's soul, a shadow war is being quietly waged. It's being fought with spies and proxies, with hundreds of millions of dollars in aid money and ominous diplomatic threats.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  BHARAT RAKSHAK > INDIA MUST BE ABLE TO PROTECT ITS INTERESTS [regional] AFTER THE US WITHDRAWS FROM AFGHANISTAN [read, AFPAK].

2011.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-04-27 22:22  

#1  Pakistan's GDP is 170 Billion.
India is adding 180 Billion to its GDP every year.

The 4 richest Indians (one of them a Muslim), can buy all the good and services produced by all of Pakistan and still have tens of Billions in cash left over.

The game is over before it starts
Posted by: john frum   2010-04-27 20:08  

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