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...situation evolved, Powell got into the details of the army maneuvers. Noting that the Pakistanis were acting against the militants, Powell told Singh, "You need to reciprocate." He asked that India halt its soldiers at their assembly points instead of transporting them to the front lines; late last week New Delhi announced it would do just that. For Washington, which still needs Pakistan's assistance in hunting down al-Qaeda's Osama bin Laden and the Taliban's Mullah Mohammed Omar, the stakes are enormous. "A war between India and Pakistan would make the conflict in Afghanistan an afterthought," says...
...situation evolved, Powell got into the details of the army maneuvers. Noting that the Pakistanis were acting against the militants, Powell told Singh, "You need to reciprocate." He asked that India halt its soldiers at their assembly points instead of transporting them to the front lines; late last week New Delhi announced it would do just that. For Washington, which still needs Pakistan's assistance in hunting down al-Qaeda's Osama bin Laden and the Taliban's Mullah Mohammed Omar, the stakes are enormous. "A war between India and Pakistan would make the conflict in Afghanistan an afterthought," says...
...PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES Defusing Tensions After days of clashes between Palestinian police and militants that prompted fears of civil war, leaders of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad announced a halt to their suicide-bombing campaigns in Israel. The move is designed to defuse tension within the Palestinian community, which has been split by leader Yasser Arafat's moves to crack down on militant activity. Meanwhile, Israeli tanks reclaimed positions in the West Bank towns of Nablus and Ramallah, just hours after pulling out. The Palestinian Authority said that the action undermined its own attempts to maintain order...
...cease-fire' declared by Hamas has not impressed Israel, but it was never meant to. The radical Islamist group on Friday announced a halt to suicide bombings and mortar attacks inside Israel-proper "in response to many wise people who want to avoid giving our occupiers a chance to split our unity." And the reason for their concern was underlined Friday in Gaza's Jabaliya refugee camp, where five Palestinians died and at least 70 were injured when Hamas and Islamic Jihad gunmen attacked a Palestinian Authority police post. Clashes between the PA and its Palestinian opponents have grown increasingly...
...white mountains of Afghanistan are beautiful this time of year. Snow blankets the peaks from Kabul to the Khyber Pass, smothering the ancient smugglers' footpaths that lead out of the country and into Pakistan. With the arrival of winter, human traffic in the mountains comes to a halt and the terrain is enveloped in an otherworldly calm...