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...both countries' leaders are talking tough. "We don't want war but war is being thrust upon us," Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said Wednesday. "And we will have to face it." Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday declared his nation's army "fully prepared and capable of defeating all challenges." And the U.S. now finds its critical ally in the war against terrorism accused of that which it came to Afghanistan to fight - state-sponsored terrorists - and itself in danger of getting caught in the middle of a decades-old conflict fraught with apocalyptic possibilities...
...Line of Control into Pakistani-held Kashmir. The attack took place on the very day that Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Islamabad to pledge American support to the government of Pakistan. Later in the week he pledged an identical degree of support to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government in New Delhi. Powell would dearly love to persuade India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir question peacefully. But intermediaries have been trying to do that for more than 50 years; all have failed. "We're definitely not in any position to get people to snap to attention...
People of the Week HIGH STAKES With their armies facing off, Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf and India's Atal Bihari Vajpayee have put their cards on the table. Though tensions were cooling at week's end, key questions remain: How much does Musharraf have left to give and how much will Vajpayee take...
Clinton's trip to India was a symbolic gesture to mend the rift between the two countries--and it succeeded. While critics again claimed that a simple trip abroad could not resolve decades of testy relations, it did. Clinton met with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi for extensive talks on the nuclear test ban treaty; he met with business leaders in the bustling technology capital of Hyderabad; he met with Indian women to share their concerns over views of the female in traditional Indian culture. The large protest groups expected were small gatherings; the bottles thrown...
...General Musharaf?s takeover could raise regional tensions ?- India?s army has been placed on high alert - and present a headache for the U.S. "Despite Kashmir, there had been some optimism that dialogue between Nawaz and [India?s Prime Minister Atal Bihari] Vajpayee could improve relations, but a military government in Pakistan is likely to be a lot more belligerent toward India," says Rahman. "A coup would also signal Washington?s waning influence over the Pakistani military ? the U.S. explicitly warned against the military seizing power only three weeks ago." Rhetoric aside, however, a military government may be cautious about...