All we are sayyyyying…is give peas a chance:
A thousand Indian troops withdrew from the disputed territory of Kashmir yesterday in a goodwill gesture aimed at fostering a new peace in the province.
The move was timed to coincide with a visit to Kashmir by Dr Manmohan Singh, India’s prime minister, and is the latest in a series of confidence-building initiatives between India and Pakistan.
Through a bullet-proof screen in Srinagar, India’s PM stated that he “extended the hand of friendship” to Pakistan.
…Last month Pakistan’s president Gen Pervaiz Musharraf seized the initiative on Kashmir by floating a plan to divide and demilitarise the region, calling on both sides to take radical steps towards a settlement.
Initially India responded coolly, but has reciprocated in kind with a symbolic reduction in troop numbers.
via the telegraph
Frontline:World has an informative piece on Kashmir on their website. It’s reported by two young journalism grad students, and as such, may not go into as much depth as a more seasoned journalist might. One complaint – while it vividly details the suffering Kashmiris experience at the hands of the Indian Army, there is no mention made of atrocities committed by the militants.
Kashmir: The Road to Peace? http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/fellows/kashmir/indexa.html