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October 2002 - India Special Weapons News

  • Haass Praises India, Pakistan for Redeploying Troops Away from Border Washington File 31 Oct 2002-- The director of policy planning at the State Department, Richard Haass, has praised India and Pakistan for redeploying some of their troops away from their common border in a move to reduce tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.
  • INDIA / PAKISTAN VOA 25 Oct 2002-- India's Defense Minister says his country has begun pulling its troops back from India's border with Pakistan. Pakistani officials say they too will soon begin withdrawing troops from the border region, but have not said when their de-mobilization will begin. The troop pullback by both countries follows months of heightened tensions between India and Pakistan, focused on the territory of Kashmir, which both countries claim in its entirety
  • INDIA/PAKISTAN/ U-S VOA 18 Oct 2002-- The decision by India and Pakistan to withdraw troops deployed along their tense borders is being welcomed by the United States, which is also urging more confidence building measures between the two countries
  • KASHMIR ELECTIONS SEEN AS 'GREAT VICTORY FOR INDIAN DEMOCRACY' Foreign Media Reaction 18 Oct 2002-- Indian outlets praised the high voter turnout as demonstrating Kashmir's "clear rejection of terrorism and separatism," declaring the election the "freest and fairest" ever in Kashmir.
  • KASHMIR VOA 18 Oct 2002-- Indias government has assumed direct control over the administration of Indias state of Jammu and Kashmir. The move follows the resignation of the states chief minister, and the inability of parties in the state to form a coalition government, following state-assembly elections
  • INDIA / PAK VOA 16 Oct. 2002-- India says it will withdraw troops from its borders with Pakistan in all areas except the disputed Kashmir region.
  • U-S-INDIA-PAK VOA 04 Oct 2002-- The United States Friday expressed "disappointment" over the latest missile tests by India and Pakistan, which it said could add to existing tensions in South Asia and make it harder to prevent a costly arms race
  • INDIA / MISSILE VOA 04 Oct 2002-- India and Pakistan have both conducted missile tests on the same day. India launched a surface-to-air missile hours after Pakistan fired a surface-to-surface medium range missile
  • KASHMIR VIOLENCE VOA 03 Oct 2002-- In Indian administered Kashmir, at least eight suspected Islamic militants and two security personnel have been killed in clashes with security forces
  • KASHMIR VIOLENCE VOA 02 Oct 2002-- In Indian-administered Kashmir, a series of attacks have claimed the lives of at least 10 people, including five soldiers, two bus passengers and three political workers
  • KASHMIR VOTE VOA 01 Oct 2002-- The polls have closed in the third round of state assembly elections in Indian-administered Kashmir
  • KASHMIR ATTACK VOA 01 Oct 2002-- Suspected separatist militants in Indian-administered Kashmir attacked a bus, early Tuesday, killing at least five people



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