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Afghanistan, Central Asia.

Here we are involved in wars across the Eurasian continent,

but we turn them especially to Afghanistan and Central Asia, all the stands of Central Asia,

including of course South Asia, an area pregnant, a region pregnant for development in the 21st century.

And yet we have the violence that is recognizable from the 20th century.

Hiseena Kesse, former ambassador from Pakistan to the United States,

Now a Thotson Institute joins, along with Bill Rajov,

the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy he keeps the long war journal the

seina come to you because we march to the sound of gunfire the headline from

Germany Pakistan six soldiers killed and fight with Islamist militants.

Pakistan's army says six soldiers in a gun fight with Islamist militants in rest of

North Waziristan, the border region. The district on Afghanistan has long been

a hot spot. I don't want to treat this as routine because it's been some time

since there's many casualties and the Pakistani army is very cautious in the

border region always has been. So has something changed, is there anything new or

can we regard this as a tragedy of ongoing tragedy of Central Asia?

Good day to USA.

Good day.

Just a few days back, 16 soldiers were killed in another border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Pakistani soldiers killed by Islamist extremist.

Look, the United States went into Afghanistan after 9-11 with the aim and

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