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India-Pakistan: Back to the Brink
THE CONFLICT | KASHMIR | INDIA/PAKISTAN | SUBCONTINENTAL DRIFT | PHOTO ESSAYS | INTERVIEWS | POLLS

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BORDERS
Should Kashmir gain independence or be split? If it is sundered, then how? In 1972, India and Pakistan agreed to accept the Line of Control as a de facto border. Will that agreement hold, or is a compromise needed?


WHAT DO KASHMIRIS WANT?
Will India and Pakistan allow the Kashmiris to choose their own destiny? And would that be done through mediation or a referendum held on both sides of the Line of Control?


MEN IN UNIFORM
Will India reduce its massive armed presence in Kashmir? And how will the Pakistani military survive the ending of a conflict that has dominated its agenda for five decades?


TAMING THE MILITANTS
Can Pakistan rein in the anti-India militants and shut down their training camps in Muzaffarabad and near Mansehra?

PHOTO ESSAYS
Pakistan: A Country Divided
Soldiers Pakistan's delicate stance in the war against terrorism has put its aspirations of modernity in conflict with its Islamist roots. Photographer John Stanmeyer captures the sounds and images of a country divided

 Kashmir: State of Unrest
Photographer James Nachtwey's view of this contested territory's decade of grief

Life on the Line
Soldiers Residents of villages along the Pakistani side of the Line of Control face a fierce and bloody barrage

POLLS
Do you think India and Pakistan can resolve the Kashmir conflict without the help of a neutral mediator?
Yes  No  Not sure


Should the existing Line of Control in Kashmir be made a permanent border?
Yes  No  Not sure



THE KASHMIR ISSUE

Latest News:
• CNN: Pakistan concludes missile tests
• CNN: Pakistan awaits landmark speech

June. 3, 2002
On the Brink
In Kashmir, the conflict never stops‹because so many gain so much by it

January 14, 2002 January 14, 2002
INCHING TOWARD WAR?
With their armies deployed and rhetoric heating up, India and Pakistan eye each other warily. Will the two nuclear rivals step back from the brink, or is the region primed to explode?

Feb. 5, 2001
Inside Jihad
The militants fighting Pakistan's covert war with India train in spartan camps where they are schooled for battle and prepared for martyrdom

Feb. 5, 2001
Essay: Personal Testament
A young life lost to the Kashmir struggle

April 10, 2000
The Spoils of War
Last year's military heroics in the mountains of Kashmir have sparked a fad for patriotism in India

April 3, 2000
Slaughter in Singhpora
A massacre stuns a Sikh village

Dec 6, 1999
State of Unrest
Ten years into Kashmir's bloody uprising, India, Pakistan and the rebels are as far apart as ever. Now matters are spiraling out of their control

Dec. 6, 1999
The Pandits
Kashmiri Hindus are trapped in the middle

Dec 6, 1999
Mountains of Misery
The villagers of Kargil still suffer

July 12, 1999
High Stakes
As New Delhi and Islamabad preach and posture, a deadly battle for turf rages in the heights of Kashmir

July 12, 1999
Fighting in the Heavens
Indian soldiers brave fierce fire as they push to reclaim territory seized by Pakistani intruders

July 12, 1999
Under Cover of Night
The view from a Pakistani artillery position

July 12, 1999
A Soldier's Story
A soldier admits that Islamabad's army regulars are leading the infiltration

July 12, 1999
High Stakes
As New Delhi and Islamabad preach and posture, a deadly battle for turf rages in the heights of Kashmir

June 28, 1999
Living in a Tinderbox
Long a breeding ground for unrest, Kashmir now threatens to ignite a new war on the subcontinent

June 28, 1999
Collateral Damage
Srinagar waits for tourists to return


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