Attacks recharge India-Pakistan war of rhetoric Nov 29, 2008
From Saturday's Globe and Mail. November 29, 2008 at 3:07 AM EST. (Globe and Mail -- International)
India can intervene in Sri Lanka: Karunanidhi Oct 18, 2008
He was referring to the 1971 India-Pakistan war that led to the creation of a separate nation of Bangladesh. Karunanidhi was speaking to media persons after 14 party Lok Sabha MPs, including central ministers T R Baalu and A Raja, handed over post-dated resignation letters to him demanding an end to the violence in Sri Lanka. (Sify.com, India)
US, Pakistan torn apart over terror Oct 10, 2008
Pakistan's disillusionment with the US commenced with the imposition of the US arms embargo during the 1965 India-Pakistan war and was further crystallized by the hands-off stance of the United States during the 1971 India-Pakistan war which saw Pakistan dismembered and the creation of Bangladesh. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 once again brought the two countries together, only to see the US depart abruptly, leaving Pakistan to clean up the mess. (Asia Times Online)
Islamabad rides a terror tiger Sep 20, 2008
Pakistani covert operations alone would never have posed a threat to Indian security and stability, but rising anti-Hindu sentiments among India's 150-million-strong Muslim community have complemented Pakistani operations and enhanced the threat posed to India's communal harmony and economy, a result that likewise increases the chances of an unintended India-Pakistan war. Since Pakistan's independence in 1947, a central goal of Pakistani governments has been bringing an end to New Delhi's. (Asia Times Online)
Criticism grows as Pakistani military pursues limited offensive Jul 1, 2008
The problem is that we lack political will," he told McClatchy."They (Musharraf and the Pakistan army) want the Afghan government to fail," he said.A "hangover of the 'strategic depth' policy is still running," he said.He was referring to the Pakistani army's doctrine calling for a cooperative regime in Kabul to prevent Afghanistan from siding with India in the event of another India-Pakistan war. Islamabad had backed the Taliban government, which held power in Kabul from 1996 until a U.S.-led... (Anchorage Daily News)
Musharraf accused of shielding Taliban Jul 1, 2008
The Pakistan army's doctrine of strategic depth requires a client regime in Kabul, so that Afghanistan will not side with India in the event of another India-Pakistan war. Islamabad backed the Taliban government of the 1990s in Kabul, but Mr. Karzai is hostile to Pakistan. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Dont link Sarabjit Singh with Afzal Guru Jun 20, 2008
But those who advocate clemency for Afzal Guru tend to forget that if the plot had succeeded, and around 100-200 MPs had been been killed, then nothing could have stopped another India-Pakistan war. A war which could have turned nuclear, causing millions of deaths in both nations. (Sify.com, India)
Bereft Of Ideas May 27, 2008
Lal Bahadur Shastri had Muslims arrested without trial in 1965 during the India-Pakistan war. Sanjay Gandhi forced vasectomy on poor Muslims and torched their slums. (India Times, India)
Parsis may be silenced by success May 14, 2008
Other eminent Parsis include Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, who was army chief during the 1971 India-Pakistan War that culminated in the creation of Bangladesh, legal luminaries Nani Palkhiwala, Fali Nariman and Soli Sorabjee, conductor Zubin Mehta and rock band Queen's frontman Freddy Mercury. With a literacy rate of 98%, Parsis are among India's most literate community. (Asia Times Online)
Treatment of Palestinians May 9, 2008
refugees as a result of the 1948 India-Pakistan war. Yet no one suggests that either group return. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
India's nuclear clout May 7, 2008
"The biggest potential worry is still an India-Pakistan war," says Teresita Schaffer. Perhaps this is why India is less apprehensive of US intervention than before. (BBC News -- South Asia)
* India and Bangladesh resume train service Apr 15, 2008
Passenger train services between India and Bangladesh were restored yesterday, more than 40 years after direct train links were suspended between the neighbors following the 1965 India-Pakistan war. The Moitree [Friendship] Express train between Indias Calcutta and the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka was flagged off by Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee in a colorful ceremony coinciding with the Bengali New Year. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Rail diplomacyThe India-Bangladesh railway link promises to boost ties Apr 15, 2008
This was the first train service between the 'two Bengals' in 42 years the last train that arrived in Calcutta from the other side of the border was on 5th September 1965, during the India-Pakistan war. The journey is long, but the train is comfortable and cheap. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Slow train comingIndia-Bangladesh railway link to resume after four decades Apr 10, 2008
Mr Das left the Bangladeshi capital as a nine year old, holding his father's hand, boarding what turned out to be the last passenger train from East Pakistan to Calcutta just after the India-Pakistan war in 1965. "After Bangladesh was created, I hoped the train will start any day. It did not for so many years, but now that it is starting again, I will go back to Dhaka on the first train," said Rakhal Das, his eyes moist with emotion. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Book Review: 'A Brief History of Anxiety': Neurotic who makes scary world her banquet Mar 21, 2008
" In many cases it is the fear of fear itself, a free-floating, nebulous entity that, like a mutant virus, feeds on any available host. Reason is powerless against it. Pearson argues, in fact, that rationalism, intended to banish superstition and fear, has instead removed one of the most effective weapons against anxiety, namely religious faith and ritual. Even worse, the worship of reason and science, by encouraging the notion that human beings can control their environment, has created a... (International Herald Tribune)
Still searchingQuest for loved ones missing since the 1971 India-Pakistan war Mar 9, 2008
As an Indian man is pardoned after spending 35 years languishing forgotten in a Pakistan prison, other families continue to look for loved ones who went missing during the India-Pakistan war. The BBC's Chris Morris in Delhi meets one woman who has been waiting for news of her husband since 1971. (BBC News -- South Asia)
The curtain lifts for Bollywood in Pakistan Feb 8, 2008
The ban on Bollywood movies was imposed in 1965, following the India-Pakistan war that year. But movies continued to be smuggled into Pakistan. (Asia Times Online)
Pakistan is not vulnerable to extremist takeover Jan 27, 2008
The only scenario he envisaged the employment of the weapons was in the event of severe space losses or land forces during an India-Pakistan war. In such a scenario, the National Command Authority, headed by the President, would be the decision maker, hopefully by consensus or at least a majority. (Hindu)
'Indians are bastards anyway' Oct 27, 2007
The setting: a White House meeting on July 16, 1971, during the run-up to the India-Pakistan war which ultimately led to the birth of Bangladesh, erstwhile East Pakistan. The US State Department recently declassified some of the Nixon White House tapes and secret documents that bring to light the way in which the Nixon administration went about the Bangladesh saga, reflecting the potential of mindsets and personal equations taking precedence over ground realities in White House decisionmaking. (Asia Times Online)
Pakistan plans all-out war on militants Oct 19, 2007
The fighting that erupted two weeks ago, and that has continued with bombing raids against guerrilla bases in North Waziristan - turning thousands of families into refugees and killing more people than any India-Pakistan war in the past 60 years - is but a precursor of the bloodiest battle that is coming. Lining up against the Pakistani Army will be the Shura (council) of Mujahideen comprising senior al-Qaeda and Taliban commanders, local clerics, and leaders of the fighting clans Wazir and... (Asia Times Online)
India takes glacier tussle to new heights Sep 19, 2007
Under the 1949 Karachi Agreement, the ceasefire line (CFL) on the map ended at a grid point with coordinates NJ 9842 (this was the northernmost point where troops were deployed during the India-Pakistan War of 1947-48). The CFL became the Line of Control (LoC) under the 1972 Simla Agreement. (Asia Times Online)
Growing tiesAre India-US military exercises just about training? Sep 7, 2007
Thirty-six years ago, a threat by the US to move the Seventh Fleet to the Bay of Bengal during the India-Pakistan war had a lasting influence on Indian government policy towards the US.. This week the USS Kitty Hawk and USS Nimitz, accompanied by several other warships, are participating in joint naval exercises with India, Japan, Australia and Singapore. (BBC News -- South Asia)
CIA displays 'Family Jewels' Jun 27, 2007
" He said he assumed the surveillance was triggered by his article on the movement of Soviet submarines to Cuba, which appeared in the Post in October 1971, shortly before the surveillance began. The CIA's Hilton observation post was also used to monitor syndicated columnist Jack Anderson and his assistants, including Brit Hume, now an anchor with Fox News, who had their offices nearby. Hume said in a telephone interview that he believed the CIA's interest in Anderson's sources had been... (Chicago Tribune)
Missing since 1971Families of Indian PoWs search Pakistan for their loved ones Jun 6, 2007
"I had been married 18 months, and my son, Vipul, was three months old when the India-Pakistan war of 1971 began," she recalls. Her husband, Flt Lt Manohar Purohit of the Indian Air Force, flew a number of sorties into Bangladesh, which was then called East Pakistan, and came home a couple of times for brief intervals. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Indian families search for 'PoWs' Jun 1, 2007
A group of families from India are travelling to Pakistan on Friday to search jails for soldiers who vanished during the 1971 India-Pakistan war. They believe more than 50 missing men are still alive and being held there. (BBC News -- South Asia)
The rise of Pakistan's army Jun 1, 2007
Large sums of money and military supplies started arriving and continued to do so until the second India-Pakistan war in 1965. Initially, the civil and military bureaucracies worked as partners, but since General Ayub Khan's first period of martial law in 1957, the civil service has played second fiddle. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Dateline WarzoneAddMyLinkImage("/news/181_1962124,001100020016.htm", "Dateline Warzone"); Apr 1, 2007
In 1947, the Partition left an estimated one million people dead and ten million displaced on either side of the border and the first India-Pakistan war broke out ... The images capture the tension and uncertainty of the times, as well as the conflicts that followed the 1961 India-Portugese conflict for the liberation of Goa, India s 1962 war with China, and two other India-Pakistan wars in 1965 and 1971. (Hindustan Times, India)
"I'll never work with Ramu" Manoj Bajpai Mar 2, 2007
This ship which happens to be a museum now, participated during the 1971 India-Pakistan war that led to the partition of Bangladesh into a separate nation. The film is based on the lives of Prisoners of War captured by Pakistan forces during the India-Pakistan war of 1971. (IndiaFM)
The String of Pearls Feb 12, 2007
This happened during the India-Pakistan War of 1971 and was threatened again during the Kargil conflict of 1999. 6 Gwadar, a small fishing village which Pakistan identified as a potential port location in 1964 but lacked the means to develop, is 450 miles west of Karachi. (Ocnus.net)
Involve India in Iraq, says Kissinger Jan 21, 2007
Sunday, January 21, 2007. Involve India in Iraq's stabilization, says Kissinger. (Hindustan Times, India)
Pilot BabaThe air force bomber who is now a spiritual guru Jan 19, 2007
During the 1965 India-Pakistan war, he flew several sorties over Pakistani territory. Reports say his bombings killed many. (BBC News -- South Asia)
