Getting serious about Kashmir: It's time for mediation.

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: October 11, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Kashmir is the ``most dangerous nuclear flashpoint in the world today.'' Outside mediation to solve the Kashmir dispute is a must, if nuclear-armed India and Pakistan are not to blow each other up. These facts moved over 60 members of the US Senate and House to write President Clinton to create a special envoy for Kashmir. This is a much needed follow-on to Clinton's July 4 mediation between the Pakistani and Indian Prime Ministers that halted the Kargil fighting over the ceasefire line in the disputed territory.

Ever since India and Pakistan both tested nuclear weapons in May ...

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