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August 2000 - Pakistan Special Weapons News

  • PAKISTAN/INDIA/KASHMIR, Voice of America, 31 August 2000 -- Pakistan is urging India to de-escalate tensions in the disputed region of Kashmir.
  • PAKISTAN/INDIA, Voice of America, 26 August 2000 -- Pakistan has ordered an Indian embassy official to leave the country. The expulsion comes two days after India ordered a staff member of Pakistan's embassy in New Delhi to leave.
  • PAKISTAN / JAPAN, Voice of America, 21 August 2000 -- Japan's prime minister, Yoshiro Mori, has concluded a two-day official visit to Pakistan, during which he urged Pakistan to resume peace talks with India to ease tensions in South Asia and to sign an international nuclear test ban treaty.
  • INDIA / KASHMIR, Voice of America, 20 August 2000 -- India says separatist militants have killed four Hindu villagers, and wounded two others in Indian Kashmir.
  • JAPAN - SOUTH ASIA, Voice of America, 19 August 2000 -- Japanese businessmen have been urging their government to lift sanctions against India and Pakistan.
  • INDIA - KASHMIR, Voice of America, 18 August 2000 -- India says separatist militants have killed six Hindu civilians in Indian-administered Kashmir.
  • Kashmir: Aborted Cease-Fire Provides Fodder For Indo-Pak Media War , U.S. Department of State Foreign Media Reaction Reports, 18 August 2000 -- Commentary from around the world on the recent increase in violence in Kashmir.
  • UN human rights expert urges India and Pakistan to investigate Kashmir violence, UN News, 18 August 2000
  • KASHMIR CUSTODIAL KILLINGS, Voice of America, 18 August 2000 -- Over the past decade, an estimated 30-thousand people have died as a result of the separatist insurgency in India's state of Jammu and Kashmir, among which have been many innocent victims killed by both Indian security forces and militant separatists.
  • KASHMIR FRUSTRATION, Voice of America, 16 August 2000 -- Tensions are at the breaking point in Indian- administered Kashmir.
  • KASHMIR ATTACK, Voice of America, 13 August 2000 -- A landmine explosion has killed at least five soldiers and injured more than 30 others in Indian- administered Kashmir.
  • INDIA/KASHMIR, Voice of America, 04 August 2000 -- India's prime minister is calling on all militant groups in Indian Kashmir to hold talks with the government.
  • Kashmiri Refugees tell Indian journalists they want freedom from India, Associated Press of Pakistan, 04 August 2000 -- Refugees at a shelter here Monday told a team of visiting Indian journalists that they want nothing but freedom from India and it should leave held-Kashmir as soon as possible.
  • No Sino-Pak cooperation in missile development in violation of MTCR: Sattar, Associated Press of Pakistan, 04 August 2000 -- Pakistan on Monday reaffirmed that there has not been any cooperation between Pakistan and China inconsistent with Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR).
  • KASHMIR KILLINGS, Voice of America, 03 August 2000 -- A senior team of Indian officials has been sent to Indian Kashmir to assess the security situation following the killing of more than 100 people by separatist militants.
  • INDIA / KASHMIR, Voice of America, 03 August 2000 -- Indian negotiators in Kashmir have ended a first round of talks with representatives of a leading separatist militant group that declared a cease-fire last week.
  • Musharraf offers talks on Kashmir, no-war pact, Associated Press of Pakistan, 03 August 2000 -- Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf Wednesday offered India to resume dialogue to resolve long-running Kashmir dispute and to make a no-war pact with Pakistan
  • Musharraf condemns recent massacre in held Kashmir, denies Pakistan's involvement, Associated Press of Pakistan, 03 August 2000 -- Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf Wednesday denied Indian government's allegations that Pakistan was behind the recent spate of violence in held Kashmir that has left more than 90 people killed.
  • Pak condemns Indian forces' attack on civilian population: FO spokesman, Associated Press of Pakistan, 03 August 2000 -- Pakistan has condemned the reported loss of many civilian lives in an attack on August one near Pahalgam in Indian Held Kashmir.
  • Pakistan rejects allegation of killing of civilians in IHK, Associated Press of Pakistan, 03 August 2000 -- Pakistan Wednesday said that the initial reports do not rule out the possibility of killings of many civilian lives resulting from firing by the Indian forces.
  • APHC condemns India for recent wave of violence in IHK, Associated Press of Pakistan, 03 August 2000 -- The Convenor of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), Azad Kashmir Chapter, Syed Yousaf Naseem has condemned India for recent wave of violence and killings in Indian Occupied Kashmir.
  • CE's leadership on handling Kashmir issue appreciated: Imtiaz Alam, Associated Press of Pakistan, 03 August 2000 -- Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf has reinforced his credibility on the question of Kashmir and he has succeeded in building up his image as a leader who is very radical and firm on the question of Kashmir.
  • Pakistan committed to good ties with India based on dignity: Jabbar, Associated Press of Pakistan, 02 August 2000 -- Reaffirming Pakistan's principled position on Kashmir issue, Information Minister Javed Jabbar Tuesday said the present Government was committed to building "policy of friendship and peace with dignity and honour with India."
  • KASHMIR KILLINGS, Voice of America, 02 August 2000 -- More than 80-people have been killed as terrorists opposed to a cease-fire in Kashmir have attacked villages across the Indian state, Jammu and Kashmir.
  • U-S / KASHMIR, Voice of America, 02 August 2000 -- President Clinton has telephoned Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to express personal condolences after the deadly extremist attacks on Hindus in Indian Kashmir.
  • Secretary-General deplores overnight massacres in Kashmir, UN News, 02 August 2000 -- Reacting to a series of overnight massacres in Kashmir, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today expressed his great dismay and concern over the incidents and urged an end to all terrorist acts.
  • PAKISTAN-KASHMIR, Voice of America, 02 August 2000 -- Muslim militant groups are denying involvement in the killing of more than 90 people, mostly Hindu civilians, in Indian Kashmir.
  • KASHMIR ATTACK, Voice of America, 01 August 2000 -- More than 20 people have been killed and at least 30 others wounded after Islamic militants attacked a site where Hindu pilgrims had gathered in Indian-administered Kashmir.



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