Comments on: NATO, Afghanistan and the lessons of cricket http://blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2008/04/04/nato-afghanistan-and-the-lessons-of-cricket/ Perspectives on Pakistan Fri, 4 Jul 2008 06:58:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Syed http://blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2008/04/04/nato-afghanistan-and-the-lessons-of-cricket/#comment-164 Syed Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:07:08 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2008/04/04/nato-afghanistan-and-the-lessons-of-cricket/#comment-164 The comparison with cricket is an interesting one. What is even more interesting is that Cricket today is more popular in India, Pakistan and Australia then in the UK. What does this mean? Are the British running away from their colonial past or are the Afghans embracing their neighbors to the East (versus a more Westward outlook.) Or is it what one would suspect it to be all along : mere symbolism. The comparison with cricket is an interesting one. What is even more interesting is that Cricket today is more popular in India, Pakistan and Australia then in the UK. What does this mean? Are the British running away from their colonial past or are the Afghans embracing their neighbors to the East (versus a more Westward outlook.)

Or is it what one would suspect it to be all along : mere symbolism.

]]> By: asia news » China, Pakistan Vow To Boost Military Cooperation http://blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2008/04/04/nato-afghanistan-and-the-lessons-of-cricket/#comment-163 asia news » China, Pakistan Vow To Boost Military Cooperation Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:07:02 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2008/04/04/nato-afghanistan-and-the-lessons-of-cricket/#comment-163 [...] NATO, Afghanistan And The Lessons Of CricketAs Karl Inderfurth, a former US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, wrote earlier this week, Pakistan can “make or break” the NATO mission in Afghanistan: “Afghanistan and Pakistan are inextricably linked. more [...] […] NATO, Afghanistan And The Lessons Of CricketAs Karl Inderfurth, a former US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, wrote earlier this week, Pakistan can “make or break” the NATO mission in Afghanistan: “Afghanistan and Pakistan are inextricably linked. more […]

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