<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Kashmir on the Brink</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/issues/kashmir?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</link><description>Kashmir on the Brink</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Figures Show Sharp Global Rise In Terrorism]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18754-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18754-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:01:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The number of serious international terrorist incidents more than tripled last year, according to U.S. government figures, a sharp upswing in deadly attacks  that the State Department has decided not to make public in its annual report on terrorism due to Congress this week.]]></description><author> Susan B. Glasser</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[India-Pakistan Talks Encourage Both Sides]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60215-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60215-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:01:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW DELHI, April 17  --  After a buoyant round of cricket-watching and diplomacy, the leaders of India and Pakistan agreed Sunday to accelerate measures aimed at promoting trade and normal relations and hinted at a narrowing of their differences on the volatile issue of Kashmir.]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistani President Visits India]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59576-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59576-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:01:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  NEW DELHI, April 16  --  Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, planned to hold formal talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday, part of a weekend of cricket-watching and politics, during his first visit to India in four years.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kashmir Bus Link Boosts Hopes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35839-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35839-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:01:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ LINE OF CONTROL BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN, April 7  --  Amid threats of violence and tears of joy, India and Pakistan kicked off a historic bus service Thursday across the divided Himalayan province of Kashmir, reuniting relatives who had not seen each other for decades and boosting hopes for a lasting peace between the nuclear-armed rivals.]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Militant Raid Targets  Bus Passengers in India]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32448-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32448-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:01:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SRINAGAR, India, April 6  --  Islamic militants stormed a government complex that was supposed to be a haven for passengers scheduled to make a historic bus journey across the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir, setting the building ablaze and underscoring the continued threat to peace negotiations between India and Pakistan.]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Militants Attempt to Disrupt Historic Kashmir Bus Trip]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28924-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28924-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:01:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Islamic militants on Wednesday stormed a government complex sheltering passengers scheduled to make a historic bus journey across the divided Himalayan province of Kashmir, setting the building ablaze and underscoring the continued threat to peace negotiations between India and Pakistan.]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush: U.S. to Sell F-16s to Pakistan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A800-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A800-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:01:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The move rewards a key ally in the war on terrorism and reverses 15 years of policy, but India warns it would destabilize the volatile region.]]></description><author> Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[India Protests Possible Sale Of Fighter Jets to Pakistan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39410-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39410-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:01:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 16  --  Indian officials objected Wednesday to the possible U.S. resumption of F-16 fighter jet sales to Pakistan, even as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice raised the prospect of selling military aircraft and civilian nuclear technology to India.]]></description><author> Glenn Kessler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avalanches Kill 225 in Kashmir]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48371-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48371-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:01:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Villagers and soldiers in Kashmir searched for victims Wednesday following a series of avalanches that killed 225 people. Nearly 300 people were missing after the heaviest snow in more than 40 years triggered avalanches that swept away hundreds of homes and blanketed the Himalayan region.]]></description><author> Fayaz Kabli</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deal to Run Buses In Kashmir Bolsters India-Pakistan Talks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28262-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28262-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:01:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[India and Pakistan agreed Wednesday to run buses across the cease-fire line that divides the Himalayan province of Kashmir, invigorating a 13-month peace process that some had feared was running out of steam.]]></description><author> John Lancaster and Kamran Khan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Day of Terror Recalled]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15332-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15332-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:01:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Survivors of the Nov. 21, 1979, Pakistani militant attack on the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad lament that Americans did not heed the warnings of this early example of anti-U.S. outrage.]]></description><author> Cameron W. Barr</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[India Suggests Greater Autonomy for Kashmir]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13267-2004Nov25.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13267-2004Nov25.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:01:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[India said on Thursday that it could consider giving a large amount of autonomy to the disputed region of Kashmir to help make peace with Pakistan but was not willing to redraw its borders to settle a half-century of enmity.]]></description><author> Y.P. Rajesh</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bomb Kills Two U.S. Soldiers, Injures One in Afghanistan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11165-2004Nov24.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11165-2004Nov24.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:01:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW DELHI, Nov. 24 -- Two U.S. soldiers were killed and a third was wounded Wednesday when a bomb exploded as they drove through an area of central Afghanistan where Taliban fighters are said to be particularly active, the U.S. military announced in Kabul.]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diplomat Joseph J. Sisco Dies at 85; Served as AU President in 1970s]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8945-2004Nov23.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8945-2004Nov23.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:01:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Joseph John Sisco, 85, a diplomat who played a major role in then-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East and whose career in the State Department spanned five presidential administrations and numerous foreign-policy crises, died Nov. 23 of complications from diabetes at his home in Chevy Chase.]]></description><author> Joe Holley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Garden of Shawls':  A Show Full of Holes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64113-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64113-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:01:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The  Textile Museum doles out magnificence and mystery with equal abandon. This time the effect is extreme frustration.]]></description><author> Linda Hales</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kashmiri Separatists to Consider Indian Offer of Peace Talks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58515-2004Nov17.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58515-2004Nov17.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:01:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Kashmir's leading separatist political group said it would meet Thursday to discuss plans to resume peace talks with the Indian government, a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reaffirmed his desire for peace through dialogue.]]></description><author> Y.P. Rajesh</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[India's Ex-Foreign Minister Assails Powell]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3611-2004Oct27.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3611-2004Oct27.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:01:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ India's former foreign minister has denounced Secretary of State Colin L. Powell in unusually strong terms, saying that Powell's account of how he helped facilitate a dialogue between the Indian and Pakistani prime ministers was "fabricated and baseless."]]></description><author> Glenn Kessler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[India, Pakistan End Talks Stalemated Over Kashmir]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A215-2004Sep6.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A215-2004Sep6.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:01:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers ended two days of peace talks Monday with promises of more negotiations on trust-building measures but no sign of progress toward resolving their pivotal dispute over the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir.]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Kashmir, Abuses Bruise Hopes for Peace]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64392-2004Sep5.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64392-2004Sep5.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:01:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ GUND DACHINA, India -- At first, said Syed Rehman Mir, the policemen treated him with the deference he had come to expect as a senior government doctor in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. They graciously accepted his offer of tea, he recalled, and assured him they just had a few questions. Would he mind accompanying them to the station house for half an hour?]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[India, Pakistan Extend Peace Talks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62430-2004Sep4.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62430-2004Sep4.html?nav=rss_world/issues/kashmir</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:01:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[India and Pakistan agreed Saturday to widen peace talks that focus on eight festering issues, including the decades-old dispute over the Himalayan region of Kashmir.]]></description><author></author></item></channel></rss>