Monday, February 19, 2007
At least 66 dead in another Indian train bombing
Terror on tracks will not derail dialogue, say Hindustan Times.
Blasts that ripped through the Samjhauta Express will not affect the bilateral peace process between India and Pakistan, senior Indian officials said on Monday, but would definitely be discussed in the talks between the foreign ministers of the two neighbours.
But a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, G Parthasarthy believes that the terror groups Pakistan has fed for so long, are maybe turning against it. "Whatever problems of terrorism Pak faces, it is of its own actions. It plays with fire and it gets its fingers burnt," said G Parthasarthy. He warns that the infrastructure of terrorism still flourishes in Pakistan. Groups such as the Lashkar-i-Taiyyaba and Jaish-i-Mohammad function openly with government backing. This may not derail the peace process, he says, but would render the much hyped joint terror mechanism meaningless. It is meeting in Islamabad for the first time next month.
Pakistani soldiers, monitoring the Afghan border, couldn't have a better view. In terms of having some impact, however, they might as well be invisible.
IMO: India/Pakistan travel is still possible, but is now obviously a bit more risky.
Blasts that ripped through the Samjhauta Express will not affect the bilateral peace process between India and Pakistan, senior Indian officials said on Monday, but would definitely be discussed in the talks between the foreign ministers of the two neighbours.
But a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, G Parthasarthy believes that the terror groups Pakistan has fed for so long, are maybe turning against it. "Whatever problems of terrorism Pak faces, it is of its own actions. It plays with fire and it gets its fingers burnt," said G Parthasarthy. He warns that the infrastructure of terrorism still flourishes in Pakistan. Groups such as the Lashkar-i-Taiyyaba and Jaish-i-Mohammad function openly with government backing. This may not derail the peace process, he says, but would render the much hyped joint terror mechanism meaningless. It is meeting in Islamabad for the first time next month.
Pakistani soldiers, monitoring the Afghan border, couldn't have a better view. In terms of having some impact, however, they might as well be invisible.
IMO: India/Pakistan travel is still possible, but is now obviously a bit more risky.
# posted by uv : 11:53 PM
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