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...Kashmir: Sanity Breaks...
...Kashmir: Sanity Breaks...
...other year, India and Pakistan would be on the verge of war by now. Last week, Islamic guerrillas in Kashmir killed six Hindu pilgrims and eight Indian army officers, injured 60 more people and came within a grenade's throw of wiping out India's entire northern military command. With a Hindu nationalist government in New Delhi and an equally nationalistic general in power in Islamabad, such provocations would usually be sufficient to push the countries to the brink of nuclear disaster...
...What's changed? Leaders in both countries have realized that the political advantage of stoking anger against their neighbor is diminishing. So India and Pakistan remain in a tentative rapprochement, and Kashmir savors its best tourism season in years. Alas, the violence won't stop: many other militants, fearing abandonment by their Pakistani handlers, are hardening their stances. But Kashmir has seen rivers of blood before. Judging by last week, it is now witnessing a rarer outbreak of hope...
...Kashmir: Sanity Breaks...