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After a 20th Century interregnum The Great Game in Central Asia has picked up again with Russia playing the same part it did in the 19th Century and the US stepping into the shoes of Britain. The region has slid back into state of lawlessness similar to what it was then and lots of the issues seem to be faint reflections of happenings back then.

But in 1835 Lord Palmerston said the following about Afghanistan and Russia and it seems to be as accurate today as it was then:

Here we are, just as we were, snarling at each other, hating each other, but neither wishing for war. - Lord Palmerston (1835)[21]