On 02/16/2017 07:50 AM, Ben Tasker wrote: The decline of Hinduism in Pakistan is more recent, and largely coincides with when they gained independence - 1947. A lot of Hindu's left for India, with a lot of Indian Muslims migrating to Pakistan. In Afghanistan one of the lesser known projects in progress is Afghanistan Highway 1. I read a few years ago (but have been unable to find the article recently) that the intent of this "Ring Road" around the nation connecting most of the major cities is to socio-economically-culturally-politically influence Afghanistan away from Pakistan, towards India. Rr