On the left sleeve of his khaki uniform, every soldier of the Pakistani army proudly wears an emblem – two white crossed swords on a green background. That striking image provides the title for Shuja Nawaz’s copious history of the Pakistani army. With half a million men in uniform and several hundred thousand in reserve, …
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Published on October 12, 2021 06:22