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...Others are pointing to the Pakistani Taliban, al-Qaeda and the Kashmiri separatist group Jaish-e-Mohammed, which has bases in southern Punjab. "My own assessment is that it is a Pakistani militant group," says retired general turned analyst Talat Masood. "Whether it is Lashkar-e-Taiba or Jaish-e-Mohammed, I can't say." Sri Lankan officials say the Tamil Tigers, who are behind an insurgency in their own country, are not believed to be responsible. (Read TIME's brief history of the Tamil Tigers...
With the militancy fading, human-rights groups and Kashmiri political leaders say the Indian government now has the opportunity to reduce the power of Kashmir as a symbol of Muslim grievance. It would take a grand gesture: draw down the massive military presence in the region. Between them, the Indian army, the paramilitary forces and the state police have nearly 700,000 troops stationed among a population of more than 5 million. It is as if the entire U.S. Army and almost all the U.S. Marine Corps were stationed in Minnesota. "A drawdown would be good, as it would make...
...coming up in May, the Indian government should look beyond its immediate political ambitions and work towards a sustainable peace in South Asia. And above all other considerations, both sides must reaffirm their desire to work towards a sustainable solution to the Kashmir issue and finally empower the Kashmiri people to decide their future for themselves...
...leaders, local civil society groups and experienced observers of the Kashmir conflict - that there is no direct link between militants active in Kashmir and the ones who planned and executed the brutal Mumbai attacks. "It's like al-Qaeda talking about the Palestinian issue," says one longtime analyst of Kashmiri politics. "It's just a cover." And some local activists fear the Mumbai terrorists may have hurt the cause of Kashmiri independence. Says one: "People are not happy about having Kashmir being dragged into this...
...fearsome technique used in Mumbai - a combination of machine-gun-firing and grenade-throwing - is familiar in Kashmir, and known here as a "fidayeen" attack. But Kashmiri journalists and political activists note that militants here typically target symbols of the Indian state, not public places. The city of Srinagar, a hill station that was once a magnet for tourists escaping India's summer heat, is blotted with blackened government buildings burned out in fidayeen attacks...