Behind a veil of secret agreements, the
US is creating a ring of new and expanded military bases that
encircle Afghanistan and enhance the armed forces greater ability
to strike targets throughout much of the Muslim world.
President George
Bush will be sending his special assistant to South-West Asia
and Middle East and envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad,
to New Delhi on January 16-17, writes Jyoti Malhotra.
