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June 2002 - India Special Weapons News

  • INDIA/KASHMIR VOA 29 Jun 2002-- India says its troops have killed five suspected Islamic militants in Indian Kashmir
  • INDIA / PAKISTAN VOA 27 Jun 2002-- India's Defense Minister says Indian troops will remain deployed on the border with Pakistan for at least another four months
  • INDIA / PAK VOA 22 Jun 2002-- Pakistan is accusing India of torturing and murdering one of its border security guards after capturing him in an a buffer zone between the two countries. India has denied the charge. A spokesman for the Pakistani military says the incident has escalated tensions between India and Pakistan
  • INDIA / PAKISTAN VOA 20 Jun 2002-- India's defense minister says the infiltration of separatist militants from Pakistan into Indian-administered Kashmir has almost ended
  • INDIA/PAKISTAN VOA 19 Jun 2002-- India's defense minister says there has been a significant decline in the number of militants crossing from Pakistani territory into Indian Kashmir
  • INDIA/PRESIDENT VOA 19 Jun 2002 -- India's next president is expected to be A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, a top scientist in the country's nuclear and missile program. His nomination has sparked widespread interest due to the unusual profile of the man who will occupy the largely ceremonial post.
  • INDIA/PAKISTAN VOA 15 Jun 2002 -- Indian officials say the chief minister of Indian administered Kashmir escaped a grenade attack by suspected Muslim militants. Meanwhile, cross border shelling between Indian and Pakistani troops in the disputed Kashmir region has killed at least two people and wounded several others.
  • INDIA/PAKISTAN VOA 15 Jun 2002 -- Indian officials say five Hindus have been killed in an attack by suspected Muslim militants in Indian-administered Kashmir. Indian officials are again calling for Pakistan to do more to stop attacks by Islamic militants in Kashmir.
  • INDIA/PAKISTAN VOA 15 Jun 2002 -- Indian officials say five Hindus have been killed in an attack by suspected Muslim militants in Indian administered Kashmir. The latest violence was reported as a senior Indian leader reiterated that New Delhi will not hold talks with Pakistan until Islamabad ends its support to Islamic militants in Indian Kashmir.
  • INDIA / PAKISTAN VOA 11 June 2002-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld begins a visit to India and Pakistan (est. arrival in New Delhi (11:30 AM EDT), continuing a series of high-level visits by western envoy's intent on pulling India and Pakistan back from the brink of war
  • "Recent Communal Violence in Gujarat, India, and the U.S. Response" Kamal Mitra Chenoy Testimony, JUNE 10, 2002
  • INDIA / PAKISTAN VOA 10 June 2002-- India says it is lifting restrictions on Pakistani civilian aircraft flying over Indian territory. Senior Indian officials say it is a positive response to Pakistan's steps to end the cross-border infiltration of militants into Indian territory
  • India-Pakistan Situation 'Still Tense,' not Escalating 06 June 2002-- "It is still a tense situation" in the disputed Kashmir region between India and Pakistan, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said this morning shortly before departing Kuwait.
  • ARMITAGE / INDIA / PAKISTAN VOA 08 June 2002-- A senior U-S envoy says he expects India and Pakistan will soon take steps to lower tensions over Kashmir
  • India Pakistan Crisis VOA 08 June 2002 -- Fears continue that India and Pakistan may go to war over the disputed region of Kashmir. Terrorists operating out of Pakistan have repeatedly attacked Indian personnel and interests including the Parliament in New Delhi.
  • THE INDIA-PAKISTAN CRISIS VOA 09 June 2002-- Fears continue that India and Pakistan may go to war over the disputed region of Kashmir. Terrorists operating out of Pakistan have repeatedly attacked Indian personnel and interests including the Parliament in New Delhi. Indian Prime Minster Atal Bihari Vajpayee demanded that Pakistan stop the cross border infiltration. Indian and Pakistani forces have been trading howitzer and light arms fire across the line of control that divides Kashmir. The crisis has raised the terrible possibility that either Pakistan or India might use nuclear weapons. The U-S State Department has warned Americans to leave India and Pakistan because of the growing danger. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Mr. Vajpayee both attended an Asian security conference in Kazakhstan this week, where both made statements about the crisis.
  • U-S/INDIA-PAK VOA 07 June 2002-- Amid continuing high-level diplomatic efforts to ease tensions between India and Pakistan, the United States says there are signs of a significant drop in the level of infiltration by Islamic guerrillas into Indian-administered Kashmir
  • KASHMIR BORDER DISPUTE VOA 06 June 2002-- With tensions remaining high along the disputed Jammu and Kashmir border between India and Pakistan, the world media continues to view the situation with alarm
  • CHINA-INDIA-PAKISTAN VOA 06 June 2002-- China urges India and Pakistan to exercise restraint, as tension between the South Asian countries escalates
  • Bush, Putin Agree to Continue Efforts with India and Pakistan Washington File 06 June 2002-- In a phone call between President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin June 6, the two presidents agreed "to continue mutual efforts to de-escalate tensions between India and Pakistan," and they discussed non-proliferation cooperation and the U.S. Commerce Department's decision to grant Russia market economy status.
  • Powell Says South Asian Tensions Remain Very High Washington File 06 June 2002-- Secretary of State Colin Powell said the situation between India and Pakistan has eased somewhat, but tensions remain very high.
  • Powell Says South Asia Tensions "Marginally Better" Washington File 06 June 2002-- Secretary of State Colin Powell June 5 said that the India-Pakistan situation was "marginally better." Speaking to reporters after testifying in Congress, Powell said the State Department, nevertheless, was still advising U.S. citizens to defer travel to the region and urging U.S. government employees assigned to the region to consider coming home under voluntary authorized departure rules.
  • BUSH INDIA/PAKISTAN VOA 05 June 2002-- President Bush has telephoned the leaders of India and Pakistan, asking them to avoid further violence in Kashmir
  • RUMSFELD / INDIA / PAK VOA 05 June 2002-- The United States and Britain are again urging India and Pakistan to step back from the brink of war over Kashmir. U-S Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his British counterpart Geoffrey Hoon discussed the crisis in London Wednesday, a week before Secretary Rumsfeld heads to India and Pakistan in an effort to reduce tensions between the two nuclear powers
  • First Step in India-Pakistan Peace 'Stepping Away From the Brink' AFPS 05 June 2002-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his British counterpart, Minister of Defence Geoffrey Hoon, compared notes in London earlier today and agreed on the first step in resolving tensions between India and Pakistan.
  • Rumsfeld, Hoon Urge India, Pakistan to Ease Tensions Washington File 05 June 2002-- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and British Defense Minister Geoffrey Hoon said June 5 every effort is being made to convince India and Pakistan to step back from the brink of war over the disputed Kashmir region.
  • Bush Telephones Musharraf, Vajpayee to Urge Peace in S. Asia Washington File 05 June 2002-- President Bush telephoned Pakistani President Musharraf and Indian Prime Vaypayee June 5 to urge them to take steps to ease tensions and reduce the risk of war, the White House said in a statement
  • INDIA PAK ASIA SUMMIT VOA 04 June 2002-- Russian President Vladimir Putin says the dispute between India and Pakistan is destabilizing the entire sub-continent. His comments came during a meeting of leaders from 16 Asian nations in Almaty, Kazakhstan
  • RUMSFELD/INDIA-PAKISTAN VOA 04 June 2002-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says he is not going to India and Pakistan as a mediator
  • INDIA / PAKISTAN / REACTION VOA 04 June 2002-- India's prime minister says his country is willing to talk to Pakistan about the disputed territory, Kashmir, but not until cross-border infiltration stops
  • CHINA-INDIA-PAKISTAN VOA 04 June 2002-- China's president joins the chorus of international leaders urging Pakistan and India to calm the tensions that have brought the two nuclear-armed south Asian nations to the brink of another war
  • RUMSFELD TRIP VOA 03 June 2002-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld departs Tuesday (6/4/02 EVENING EDT) on a trip that will take him to Europe and the Middle East for consultations with U-S allies but will also see him visit India and Pakistan in a bid to defuse tensions there
  • ARMITAGE-SOUTH ASIA VOA 03 June 2002-- Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage leaves Washington Tuesday for South Asia as part of a stepped-up U-S diplomatic effort to defuse the military confrontation between India and Pakistan. Mr. Armitage will be followed to the region almost immediately by Defense Secretary Donald Rumseld
  • INDIA / PAKISTAN / ASIA SUMMIT VOA 03 June 2002-- Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to mediate between the leaders of India and Pakistan and get them to meet face to face at an Asian security forum that opens today (Monday) in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan. Larry James reports from Moscow on the Russian leader's attempt to defuse a military crisis that the international community fears could trigger a nuclear exchange between the two South Asian neighbors.
  • U.S. Says Question of Kashmir Must Be Decided Through Dialogue Washington File 03 June 2002-- On the eve of Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage's visit to South Asia, the United States remains focused on reducing tension between India and Pakistan and encouraging dialogue between the two nations, a spokesman from the State Department said.
  • Diplomacy Aims to Cool India-Pakistan Confrontation Washington File 03 June 2002-- Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said he will be traveling to India and Pakistan this week for talks aimed at averting military confrontation and reducing tension between the two South Asian nuclear powers.
  • INDIA/PAK/TALK SHOWS VOA 02 June 2002-- Intensive diplomatic efforts are underway to defuse tensions between India and Pakistan, and the two countries say they want to avoid a nuclear conflict
  • INDIA/PAKISTAN VOA 01 June 2002-- Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee leaves for Kazakhstan Sunday (scheduled departure five am UTC) for a two-day summit of 16 Asian nations that will also be attended by Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf. Amid escalating tensions between the two countries, diplomatic efforts at the conference are expected to focus on calming the crisis.



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