Much of the current trouble can be traced to Afghanistan, whose tragedy could never have remained confined within its designated borders. The dynamics of the region changed when the Afghan freedom fighters of 1980’s were converted into “mujahidin” through a criminal enterprise in which both the West and the Muslim world happily participated.
当前混乱局面的根源可以追溯到阿富汗，那里曾经发生的悲剧影响永远也不可能被限制在指定的边境范围之内。20世纪80年代当阿富汗自由战士通过西方和穆斯林世界都乐于参与的犯罪组织演化为“穆斯林游击队员”的时候，也就改写了南亚地区的发展史。总是对印度感到惴惴不安的巴基斯坦成为这次转变的核心区域。西方本以为局势在苏联帝国解体之后已经取得了进展，但南亚地区——还有全球社会——都在继续为这个并不神圣的计划付出沉重的代价。