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When Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf labeled the Kashmir election a "farce," he was a victim of either false reporting or false hopes. When India's Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee admitted that New Delhi had made mistakes in Kashmir, he was stating the obvious. What made this remarkable was that the obvious had never been stated before...
...most serious mistake was made in 1987, when New Delhi colluded with the Kashmir government to steal an election. The Muslim-majority valley was about to vote in a coalition called the Muslim United Front. Suspicious of the Front's loyalties, local authorities stuffed the ballot boxes after the polls had closed with the connivance of New Delhi. The anger of those who had been cheated turned into sullen bitterness before it erupted into militancy, fueled by Pakistan and encouraged by a changing world order. As Kashmiris watched the Soviet Union defeated by a jihad in Afghanistan, and saw Central...
...Force, however, is only a strategy. It cannot be a policy. New Delhi's answer to the latest dimension of the Kashmir problem lies in the re-establishment of the democratic process and the formation of a morally legitimate government in Kashmir. The present election comes at a crucial triple crossroad. America's clarity on terrorism since the Sept. 11 attacks has knocked the foundation out of Pakistan's jihad in Kashmir. New Delhi's commitment to free and fair polls has resurrected faith in self-rule in the valley. And Pakistan's return to Army autocracy has ended...
...begins voting for a new legislative assembly, Kashmir is reeling from fresh waves of violence. Already, nearly 300 people have been killed, including the state's Law Minister last week. Pakistan has denounced the election process, while New Delhi says Islamabad is encouraging the infiltration of Islamic militants to disrupt the polls. To prove their claim that Pakistanis or guerrillas based in Pakistan are responsible for the bloodshed, Indian authorities in Srinagar allowed Time to meet three recently captured militants: Siddique, along with comrades-in-arms Tariq Mahmood and Hamid Numan Butt...
...Sofi, and 13 other separatist candidates in the districts of Kupwara and Baramulla, have put their lives on the line at a time when the tide of assassination is rising. But New Delhi is taking chances too, sending soldiers to protect the same activists whose cries of azadi (freedom) would a few months ago have met with arrest, even execution...