| 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. |