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REGIONAL BRIEF Bimonthly |
Jan-Feb 2013 No.34 |
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| The India-Pakistan Peace Process Syed Imran Sardar The governments of India and Pakistan seem to have started thinking rationally, at last. Despite several ceasefire violations in early January, both agreed to conduct impartial inquiries without interrupting the entire normalization process. Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar categorically stated that the peace process with India remained unaffected by recent ceasefire violations on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir. The High Commissioner of Pakistan to India, Salman Bashir, also said India and Pakistan should continue the dialogue to remove any misperceptions between them. He proposed that any mishap on the LoC should be jointly probed by the two countries. Meanwhile, New Delhi backtracked from a third-party probe of the incidents. Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid said that India had not been influenced by any foreign country, including the United States, in pursuing the peace dialogue with Pakistan despite recent hiccups. Washington on its side, however, underlined that “India and Pakistan are capable of investigating recent LoC violations.”...... Afghanistan Humera Iqbal The Obama administration has been carefully planning the troop withdrawal keeping in mind its political and military interests. NATO defence ministers discussed the draft proposal to decide NATO operations and training bases in Afghanistan post-2014. US-Afghanistan relations soured after a joint NATO-Afghan attack. Karzai condemned torture of detainees and ordered his military forces not to ask for foreign military assistance. In response to Awami National Party’s All Parties Conference, Pakistani Taliban attended a Shura meeting for peace talks. Pakistan has been bracing itself for the aftermath the US withdrawal. Moreover, Pakistan is fighting its own war against insurgents within its borders..... | ||
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