Kashmir disaster gives peace a chance

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    Abstract

    THE South Asian earthquake, which has devastated a large part of northern Pakistan, has generated an unprecedented degree of camaraderie in a usually tense region. It has demonstrated Pakistan's limitations and made Islamabad look to its neighbours and beyond for help. The disaster has provided a valuable opportunity for the neighbours to show magnanimity towards Pakistan in its hour of need. Can this lead to major improvement in Pakistan's relations with Afghanistan and India? As for Afghanistan, where President Hamid Karzai had lately chided Islamabad openly for not doing enough to stop cross-border operations by Taliban activists in Afghanistan, and called on the US to change its "war on terror" strategy to focus more on Pakistan than Afghanistan as the real source of terrorism, Pakistan has now expressed gratitude to the Afghans for their humanitarian assistance.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages1pp
    No.October 21, 2005
    Specialist publicationThe Age
    Publication statusPublished - 2005

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