09-14-2008, 05:13 AM
<b>The bear awakens - Dr Farrukh Saleem</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Postscript : <b>Pakistan's foreign policy establishment was also shocked when the Indian army announced the completion of a road by virtue of which Afghanistan's Nimroz province now stands connected to the Iranian free-trade port of Charbahar. Landlocked Afghanistan will no longer be dependent on Pakistan.</b>
The writer is an Islamabad-based freelance columnist. Email: farrukh15@hotmail.com<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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