Dialogue is the only instrument that civilisations have used to settle disputes. The success of any dialogue depends on the principle of equity and good faith and the time factor is determined by the ability of the parties involved in the dialogue.

Kashmiri leadership was first invited publicly in early 1964 by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the then Foreign Minister. It was for the first time after 17 years since 1948 when India and Pakistan faced each other at the United Nations that a Kashmiri...

Hurriyat (M) is on a Pakistan visit.  It hurts to say that it is not the same overwhelming Hurriyat which was constituted 19 years and 5 months ago on 31 July 1993. The amalgam started with a total constituency of 31 members in 1993 and the first amendment was made on 13 September 1995, when 10 constituents were dropped from the list and three new constituents, namely, Bar Association, Employees Conference and Khawateen Kashmir were added. There is a remarkable drop in the constituency of...

In 1998 the head of the Taliban, Mullah Omar, stated that although his organisation supports Jihad in Kashmir but the Afghan men fighting in Kashmir have gone on their own. (Ahmad Rashid, ‘Taliban: The story of the afghan Warlords’).

The most important worry that concerns India is that post the withdrawal of NATO Forces from Afghanistan the hardened multinational fighters may trickle over to the Indian part of Kashmir.

But the important question that one needs to ask: Why would...

The proposal of Iran to Muslim countries for having a military alliance might sound unrealistic to most, however, the way global politics is shaping it won't be far before we see Islamic nations working together to make it a reality.

"Military alliance of Muslim countries can be created to prevent any attack on the Muslim countries, besides protecting the Palestinian people," a news agency quoted Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi saying it.

The proposal strained my grey matter and...