- Thursday, April 25, 2024
By: Eastern Eye Staff
FORMER Cold War-era enemies Pakistan and Russia are due to hold their first ever military exercise this month, Pakistan’s military said on Friday (September 23), in another sign of shifting alliances in South Asia. During the Cold War, Pakistan spent a decade helping the United States funnel arms and fighters into neighbouring Afghanistan to help insurgent groups fight Soviet soldiers following their 1979 invasion of Afghanistan. At the time, the communist Soviet Union was closely aligned with Pakistan’s arch-enemy India, while the United States was a staunch supporter of Pakistan. Pakistan’s top military spokesman, Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa, said a…
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