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India-Pakistan
Tension along border eases
2002-03-09
  • India has reduced the number of troops massed on the border with Pakistan. Indian forces have thinned out from various positions from the borders along Pakistan. The Indian air force has also stood down from its battle-ready stance. Pakistan has invited home minister L K Advani to visit the country to discuss all contentious issues. Interior minister Moinuddin Haider extended the invitation when he met visiting information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj at the SAARC information ministers meeting in Islamabad yesterday.
    I think the internal Indotroubles were as much incentive toward this as the often lip-service measures taken by the Paks. Vajpayee and Advani have a lot of cleaning up to do after the Godhra riots and they don't need to be distracted. If the Indian efforts are more successful than the Paks' look for the tensions between the two to resume in a year or two. If they're not, look for India's internal politics to become more like Pakland (bad thing!) and the tensions to resume in year or two.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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