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...positive effect of the massive Oct. 8 Kashmir earthquake has been the hole it has torn in the heavily fortified frontline separating Indian and Pakistani forces in the Himalayan territory. The nuclear-armed neighbors have been locked in conflict over Kashmir since 1947, but on Tuesday Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf eased tensions by offering to open the Line of the Control-the de facto border-so that Kashmiris on both sides can help their relatives harmed by the quake...
...India's foreign ministry welcomed Musharraf's offer, and Kashmiri families-some separated from loved ones for nearly half a century-are expected to soon come flooding across the LoC. The devastation they will encounter, particularly on the Pakistani side, is hellish. The stench of death still hangs in a pestilential cloud over Muzaffarabad, the largest Kashmiri city on the Pakistani side. Thousands died in the city, many of them in hospitals and schools destroyed by the 7.6 magnitude quake-on Wednesday, aid officials revised the final death toll upwards in Pakistan from 54,000 to nearly 80,000. Another...
...though, it isn't clear whether Musharraf's offer extends to Pakistani-based refugees-Kashmiris say that Islamabad wants to keep them here to show the world that Kashmiris support Pakistan over India. Given a chance, Butt says that he and most Kashmiris would prefer independence over being governed by either India or Pakistan. But it will take more than an earthquake, even one as massive as the Oct. 8 jolt, for India and Pakistan to let Kashmir break away...
...Pakistani-American and an Extension School student at Harvard, I am disappointed at the lack of interest and concern shown by those who know me. Having spent two months at Harvard Summer School this past summer, I thought I had made some inroads with people who knew where I was coming from. I was wrong...
DISPUTED REGION Kashmir is the site of the world's largest and most militarized territorial dispute, with India, Pakistan and China all staking claims to parts of the territory. The rugged region is bisected by the Line of Control that separates Indian and Pakistani forces. The two countries have fought two wars over the area, but a cease-fire has been in place since...