Washington Post: A nation that once was a linchpin of American foreign policy has become a casualty of postcold war political realignments. Amid domestic political turmoil. Pakistan is struggling to cope with the refuse of a superpower battle: A glut of weapons in the marketplace. large numbers of restless. combatexperienced foreign guerrillas. millions of Afghan refugees. and an unbridled drug trade. Also in the same article Pakistans Secretary for Foreign Affairs Shahayar Khan said: We fought the Afghan war for 14 years. and now people who were committed to our side are suddenly seen as villains and branded as terrorists. In addition to their vital role in ending Soviet aggression in Afghanistan. they assisted in developing our relationship with China when they offered their diplomatic services to then Secretary of State Henry Kissinger who flew to China from Pakistan in July 1976.
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