Editorial Note
Pakistan has regressed into a dangerous nation, filled with religious fanatics whose goal is the proliferation of terror at the expense of economic development & social welfare.
In March 1979, a revolt erupted in the desert town of Herat, Afghanistan, near the Iranian border. Rebels in the Afghan military mercilessly massacred Russian advisers and their families stationed in the border town. Though the incumbent communist government pulverised the rebellion using Soviet bomber jets, killing thousands of civilians, the mutiny quickly spread to the towns and countryside. The rebellion was led by Mullahs (religious priests) and Mujahedeen (holy warriors), sworn enemies of the atheistic, secular and communist regime of Afghanistan, sponsored economically and militarily by the erstwhile Soviet Union.