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...Musharraf can ill afford a drawn-out guerrilla war in Baluchistan. His armies are already tied down with guarding the India-Pakistan border, while another 70,000 troops are combing the mountains along the Afghan border for al-Qaeda fighters. Yet the government needs to pacify the Baluch warriors. It has plans to expand gas exploration, allow a pipeline to run across Baluchistan from Iran to India, and, with Chinese help, it is building a multimillion dollar port at Gwadar?all of which incenses the Baluch tribesmen who are worried that, once again, they will...
...investigative journalist Aniruddha Bahal works so hard to be shocking that it's difficult not to love the guy. He has concocted a story preposterous enough for Austin Powers, never mind James Bond, extravagantly overstuffed with sex, drugs and gore interwoven in Baroque variations. The action begins with the India-Pakistan conflict in Kashmir and ultimately embraces rottenness and greed on a global scale...
...this particular evening, the group is watching the India-Pakistan match, perhaps the most hyped of the entire tournament. An Indian flag has been placed on top of the VCR, indicating the loyalties of most gathered here. “All the Pakistanis must be watching it somewhere else,” says Sanmay Das ’01, a grad student...
...head of Morgan Stanley's investment-banking efforts in India, Kidwai, 45, recently guided that country's fastest-growing telecommunications company, Bharti Tele-Ventures, through its IPO. Her unit also managed an IPO for software provider i-flex solutions at the height of fears of an India-Pakistan war. When she needs to unwind, which is often, Kidwai loves to hike the Himalayan foothills...
Vajpayee once told friends that his great ambition was to do for India-Pakistan relations what Richard Nixon did for China and the U.S. and that only a conservative leader could cut a peace deal with an archenemy. Now he seems content to serve out his term, which ends in 2004. With Vajpayee fading in mind and spirit, many wonder who wields the real power in India. Vajpayee's shadowy right-hand man and national security adviser, Brajesh Mishra, has the Prime Minister's ear. But consensus has it that it is the hawkish Advani, 72, his B.J.P. colleague...