Brigadier Kuldip Singh (retired)

Fakhrizadeh was reportedly in charge of Iran’s covert nuclear weapons programme for over two decades and was also an officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

KMT’s defeat despite major US support, and close ties between the two communist blocs — China and USSR — led the US to focus on opening a new front against China.

The US, focused on Pakistan helping to extricate it from the Afghan morass, may turn a blind eye to terrorism that is not directed against it.

As in 1979 and in 2001, once again, a crisis in Afghanistan has allowed Pakistan to reset its relations with the US.