Once a key battlefield in the " Great Game " between major world powers in the 19th century, Afghanistan today is a mess of overlapping foreign policy and security interests for regional and international powers. PakistanIn a statement Thursday, Pakistan said it rejected Trump's "allegations and insinuations" and accused him of "scapegoating" the country for problems in Afghanistan. Pakistan -- a major US non-NATO ally -- borders Afghanistan and has long been a key route for US supplies into the country. IndiaAs he admonished Pakistan for not doing enough to tackle terror in Afghanistan, Trump also invited Islamabad's key regional rival to increase its presence in the country. RussiaLike the US after it and Britain before it, Russia knows the costs of overlong military engagement in Afghanistan.

Source: CNN August 27, 2017 01:30 UTC