Breakthrough in Kashmir?
Perhaps, if a ceasefire offer is taken seriously
IT IS interesting, but is it important? On July 24th, Hizbul Mujahideen, a militant group fighting Indian rule in Kashmir, announced a three-month “unilateral ceasefire” and offered talks with the Indian government. India's prime minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, gave the offer a cautious welcome. Is this merely a tactical ploy by one of more than a dozen anti-Indian militias in Kashmir? Or is it a turning point in a decade-long insurgency that has killed perhaps 30,000 people and keeps India and Pakistan, now both nuclear powers, on the brink of war?
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Breakthrough in Kashmir?”
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