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...Pakistan's Musharraf has a much tougher job. So far, the general has made encouraging noises about a dialogue with India, but his government still gives active support to more than a dozen mujahedin groups fighting in Kashmir. The Jihadis, as these zealots are known, are backed by the Pakistani army and the country's religious right. These groups, which have a good deal of leverage over Musharraf, threaten not only a possible Kashmir peace but Pakistan's own stability. "The Pakistani government is in a stituation where it supports jihadi groups," says a Western diplomat in Islamabad. "They have...
...along the Line of Control have brought some joy and a glimpse of what the future might hold. For the first time in 10 years, villagers on either side of the Line of Control at Keil began fraternizing across the small strip of river between them. The Indian and Pakistani troops who had kept them apart looked on impassively. For the moment, their guns remain silent...
...wrest Kashmir from India. The four men in the safe house, also members of Lashkar-i-Taiba, immediately go into fervent prayer. They are not the only ones to receive the radio transmission. Other militant groups in Pakistan can tune into the same frequency. So can the Pakistani military. A phone in the house rings, and one of the militants answers. He is asked what's happening. His reply: "Why don't you find out from your side?" After hanging up, he explains the caller was a Pakistani army colonel...
...stolen government jeep, reached the outer defense gate of the airport and indiscriminately tossed grenades and opened fire with rifles. Back in the Islamabad safe house, a coded message came through at 2:15 p.m. saying the men had reached their target. Abu Ammar, a 30-year-old Pakistani veteran of the Afghan war?his face is scarred from shrapnel and his right hand is mangled?knelt and touched his forehead to the floor in prayer. "I have learned that whenever you succeed in your mission, just bow down, thank God and hail his greatness," he said. After a three...
...Islamabad insists it provides only moral and political support, not training or tangible aid?Pakistan is fueling militant activity in Kashmir. Of the five main militant groups operating in Kashmir, four are based in Pakistan, where open recruiting and fundraising are commonplace. Training of militants is also done on Pakistani soil. The Pakistani military is deeply involved, especially in the smuggling of anti-Indian militants across the Line of Control...