Central Asia remains a strategic crux, where key contests are played out. Fouad Ajami:
In the 1980s, Pakistan led to Afghanistan, and to the final battle of the Cold War. Nowadays, the struggle in Afghanistan leads back to Pakistan, and for a battle on behalf of Muslim modernity.
We should be thankful such battles are not closer to home while realising their importance to our own future and so play a part.
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