Af-Pak
n.— Note: Also AFPAK. «He is understood to have ordered military chiefs to build a revised strategy on the foundation that his first priority is stopping another terror attack against America from what is commonly referred to as the “Af-Pak region.”» —“President Obama to bolster troop surge with civilian officials in radical strategy for Afghanistan” by Tom Baldwin Times (London, England) Mar. 27, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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