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...bomb attacks by separatists ?- which India alleges are backed by Pakistan ?- in the Indian state of Assam. The latest confrontation has put both sides on high alert along the border between the Pakistani state of Sindh and the Indian state of Gujarat. Despite the best intentions of both Islamabad and New Delhi to prevent limited clashes from spiraling into war, there are now three fronts on which they could make costly mistakes...
...Pakistan formally claims that it has no control over what it says are Kashmiri mujahideen fighting on the Indian side of the disputed territory. But the calls by Washington, Beijing and other international powers for Islamabad's withdrawal reflect the overwhelming evidence of direct involvement of Pakistani forces in the incursion. "Without the logistical and artillery support of the Pakistani army, the intruders would be mopped up pretty quickly," says Rahman. "If the intruders fight on, that may be a sign that Pakistan?s military isn?t under the control of its civilian political leaders." And that?s a frightening...
...Pakistan may be tempted to defend the infiltrators by attacking Indian planes, but that would mean a full-scale war." Pakistan has denied responsibility for the incursion by heavily armed insurgents, some of whom may have been trained in the Afghanistan camps of alleged superterrorist Osama Bin Laden. But Islamabad's protestations of innocence are dismissed in New Delhi, which insists that an incursion of this scale could not have been undertaken without active Pakistani military involvement. Thursday's shoot-down is taken by India as further proof of Pakistani complicity. The countries have fought two of their three wars...
SENTENCED. BENAZIR BHUTTO, 46, former Prime Minister of Pakistan; to five years in prison; for corruption; in Islamabad. Bhutto, whose government was dissolved in November 1996, was also fined $8.6 million. She is currently in England and is expected to return to Pakistan to fight the charges...
...should have given more than just a mention to engineer Stephen Bechtel's monumental achievement in creating the entire municipality of Jubail, Saudi Arabia. It cannot have been easy to construct on the edge of the desert out of thin air. KHURRAM AHMED TAJI Islamabad, Pakistan...