Jimmy Carter’s presidency was lost in the mountains of Afghanistan. President Carter once again (1954-55 Baghdad Pact) identified Pakistan as a front-line state, after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979. He made a 180 degree turn on ‘American Foreign Policy’ and flooded Pakistan with sophisticated military assistance to fight the Soviet Invasion. This [...]
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