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A challenge and an opportunity

ISLAMABAD has always dismissed politicians of Jammu and Kashmir as "puppets" of the Indian government, but this time it was forced to sit up and take

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A lecture to Pakistan

Bill Clinton has done some plain-speaking to the Pakistanis, but India must realise that the United States frames its policy on the basis of its own n

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Pressures on Pakistan

As Indian and U.S. concerns over "regional terrorism" converge, Pakistan feels the heat and faces isolation.

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Terror links

Post-Kandahar, the role of jehadi groups that use Afghanistan and Pakistan as a base to launch terrorist attacks in Kashmir is once again under the sp

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Warning signals

The choice of Kandahar and Lahore as their destinations indicates that the hijackers were sure of protection from the Taliban and Pakistan.

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Pakistan's compulsions

PAKISTAN'S decision not to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) at this stage comes as no surprise. Linked to this decision is the formal ann

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The Declaration and after

Any attempt by India or Pakistan to score political points has the potential to prevent forward movement in the talks between the two countries.

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Furthering the U.S. agenda

THE United States is driving a hard bargain. The talks U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott has had with Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Shamsha

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Buckling under pressure

Pakistan, reeling under a severe economic crisis, is moving closer to signing the CTBT.

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THE SOUTH ASIAN NUCLEAR MESS

Pakistan has responded in kind to India's nuclear tests of May 11 and 13. Where will this competitive jingoism lead the subcontinent?

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Pakistan's dilemma

AFTER the initial surprise and shock, Pakistan has devoted all its energies to responding effectively to the nuclear tests conducted by India. If Fore

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The view from Islamabad

Pakistan sees the Vajpayee Government's nuclear policy pronouncement as a serious threat and has warned that it would review its own nuclear policy to

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