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...role of the ISI and these militants will feature prominently in Holbrooke and Mullen's meeting with the Pakistani leadership, says Najam Sethi, a newspaper editor and a prominent supporter of Islamabad's alliance with Washington against militancy. Pakistani politicians and analysts believe that the military establishment, in its enduring efforts to counter Indian influence in the region, is reluctant to change course until there is a Pakistan-friendly regime installed in Kabul and a resolution to the Kashmir dispute. One politician described the fear of being squeezed from both borders as "being caught in a nutcracker." (Find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the War Against Militants, U.S. and Pakistan Remain at Odds | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

...option but to use the commuter rail line despite the attacks. "But that doesn't mean I don't fear for my safety or my family's safety," she says. "They still don't know how many terrorists there were and how many may still be at large." Trisha Sethi, a media professional, says, "We're looking over our shoulders now. We're judging people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Angry Mumbai Wants Answers, Changes | 12/1/2008 | See Source »

...Both Rana and Sethi agree that the Indian accusations are more likely to be driven less by evidence than by political imperatives. India is to hold elections in the coming months, and the ruling Congress party has taken a beating over the attacks - rival parties are saying the government was poorly prepared and had not cracked down hard enough on previous terrorist activities. "Elections are coming," says Rana, "So there are internal pressures to blame someone, and to show that it is not the government's fault. Pakistan is the obvious scapegoat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mumbai: The Perils of Blaming Pakistan | 11/30/2008 | See Source »

...scapegoating of Pakistan may backfire, Sethi fears. Up until now, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has taken a keen interest in normalizing relations between the two countries, at great risk to his own standing. India and Pakistan are closer now to an enduring peace than at any point in their 61-year history together. "If anything happens, if India moves troops to the border, or threatens an attack, it could destabilize his government and derail everything," says Sethi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mumbai: The Perils of Blaming Pakistan | 11/30/2008 | See Source »

...Pakistani involvement. In that case, Pakistan would be required to move its own troops from the border with Afghanistan, where they are making headway in the fight against al-Qaeda and Taliban-linked militants, to the Indian frontier. "That would play into the hands of these terrorists," says Sethi. "If Pakistan and India start fighting, then the whole focus on the war on terror would be lost, and those militant groups would succeed. That would be tragic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mumbai: The Perils of Blaming Pakistan | 11/30/2008 | See Source »

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