Word: islamabad
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...friendlier era. Both say they want to erase what Bhutto calls the "irritant" of the Siachen Glacier problem, and both instructed their negotiators to do so in the most recent round of talks that began last month in Pakistan. When Gandhi and Bhutto met face to face in Islamabad last week, however, they failed to come close to devising a practical solution. Progress has been as thin as the atmosphere in the Karakorams, as the negotiators struggle to settle the central issue: how to divide the disputed mountain area between Pakistan and India...
Almost from the beginning, New Delhi has argued that India is entitled to control all of Kashmir. Islamabad's claim is more complex: besides supporting a 1949 U.N. call for a plebiscite on Kashmir's future, Pakistan has marshaled what it considers proof that it has all along controlled the area from NJ 9842 to the Karakoram Pass on the Chinese border. Islamabad cites circumstantial evidence, like the fact that mountaineering expeditions for years sought Pakistan's permission to enter the region, and its agreement to cede some of the territory to China...
...Siachen Glacier. In April 1984 the Indian army launched Operation Meghdoot (Cloud Messenger), placing forces at two key passes of the Saltoro Range, which runs along the Siachen Glacier's western edge toward the Chinese border. India says it was pre-empting a planned Pakistani move -- a contention Islamabad denies. The Indian advance captured nearly 1,000 sq. mi. of territory claimed by Pakistan; ever since then New Delhi has wanted to establish a formal boundary along that natural divide. The conflict escalated slowly as each side deployed more men, established more outposts, introduced more artillery and rockets. In September...
...strong sign of support for its longtime ally, the Bush Administration promised to supply Pakistan with 60 more F-16 fighter-bombers, a $1.4 billion purchase that will strengthen Islamabad's current F-16 fleet of 38 planes. In addition, Bhutto received an overall U.S. endorsement of her goals. Speaking at Harvard, she reflected, "It was important to see that democracy was rewarded, particularly in levels of assistance. If the assistance tapered off, it would send a message, whether it was meant to be sent or not, that democracy doesn...
...stormy two-week session was marred by infighting and last-minute reversals. But last week outside Islamabad, a council of the seven Pakistan- based mujahedin factions at last agreed on a formula for sharing power if they overthrow the Soviet-backed government of President Najibullah in Afghanistan...