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39
. Shashank Joshi, “India and the Four Day War,” Royal United Services Institute, April 7, 2010,
http://www.rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4BBC50E1BAF9C
.

Chapter 17: Manmohan Singh's Changing Interlocutors

1
. “India and Pakistan Set Up Hotline,” BBC News, June 20, 2004.

2
. See Chapter 7, p. 151.

3
. The India-administered regions are the Hindu-majority part of Jammu, Muslim-majority Jammu, Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley, Kargil, and Ladakh.

4
. Syed Rifaat Hussain, “Pakistan's Changing Outlook on Kashmir,”
South Asian Survey
14, no. 2 (December 2007): 195–205.

5
. “PM Invites Musharraf to Watch Cricket,”
Rediff News
(Mumbai), March 10, 2005.

6
. Gautaman Bhaskaran, “India and Pakistan Play Political Cricket,” April 26, 2005,
http://www .gautamanbhaskaran.com/gb/cricketdiplomacy.html
.

7
. Rifaat Hussain, “Pakistan's Changing Outlook on Kashmir.”

8
. Cited in A. G. Noorani, “A Step Closer to Consensus,”
Frontline
(Chennai), December 15–30, 2006.

9
. Jyoti Malhotra, “Kashmir: Is Solution in Sight?,” BBC News, December 7, 2006.

10
. Steve Coll, “The Back Channel,”
New Yorker
, March 2, 2009.

11
. Dilip Hiro,
Apocalyptic Realm: Jihadists in South Asia
(New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012), 211–212.

12
. For the complete text of the email of the Indian Mujahedin's Ahmedabad blasts, see
http://deshgujarat.com/2008/08/02/full-text-of-indian-muajahideens-ahmedabad-blasts-email
.

13
. Jason Burke, “Mumbai Spy Says He Worked for Terrorists—Then Briefed Pakistan,”
Guardian
(London), October 18, 2010. The ISI also instructed David Coleman Headley to recruit Indian agents to inform about Indian troop movement and levels.

14
. For the story of Ajmal Amir Kasab,
http://chauhansaab.blogspot.co.uk/2012_11_01_archive .html
; see also “I Am Going Away for Jihad: Kasab Told His Mother in Pak,”
Indian Express
, December 13, 2008.

15
. Catherine Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy,
The Siege: 68 Hours Inside the Taj Hotel
(New York: Penguin Books, 2013) /
The Siege: Three Days of Terror Inside the Taj
(London: Viking, 2013), 55.

16
. Alastair Gee, “Mumbai Terror Attacks: And Then They Came After the Jews,”
Times
(London), November 1, 2009.

17
. Lydia Polgreen and Vikas Bajaj, “Suspect Stirs Court by Confessing,”
New York Times
, July 20, 2009.

18
. Hiro,
Apocalyptic Realm
, 114.

19
. Saeed Shah, “Revealed: Home of Mumbai's Gunman in Pakistan Village,”
Guardian
(London), December 7, 2008.

20
. “Post-26/11, Pranab Mukherjee's Words Rattled Pakistan: Condoleezza Rice,”
Economic Times
, October 28, 2011.

21
. Ibid.

22
. “2008—Mumbai Attack 22/11,” Global Security, 2011,
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military /world/war/indo-pak_2008.htm
.

23
. China Hand, “The Mumbai Paradox,” China Matters
(blog), December 4, 2008,
http://china matters.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/mumbai-paradox.html
.

24
. Post-26/11, Pranab Mukherjee's Words Rattled Pakistan.”

25
. Nirupama Subramanian, “McCain Warns Pakistan of Indian Air Strikes,”
Hindu
, December 7, 2008.

26
.
Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer
, CNN, December 7, 2008,
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS /12/07/rice.mumbai
.

27
. Subramanian, “McCain Warns Pakistan of Indian Air Strikes.”

28
. Tariq Naqash and Syed Irfan Raza, “Operation Against LeT-Dawa Launched in AJK,”
Dawn
(Karachi), December 8, 2008.

29
. “UN Bans Jamaat ud Dawa; Declares It a Terror Outfit,”
Times of India
, December 11, 2008.

30
. Harinder Baweja, “Into the Heart of Darkness,”
Tehelka
, December 20, 2008.

31
. “2008—Mumbai Attack 22/11.”

32
. Ibid.

33
. Ibid.

34
. Ibid.

35
. Ibid.

36
. Ibid.

37
. “Pakistan Admits India Attack Link,” BBC News, February 12, 2009.

38
. “Text of India-Pakistan Joint Statement in Sharm-el-Sheikh Between Manmohan Singh and Pakistan PM Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on July 16, 2009,” Islamic Terrorism in India (blog), July 18, 2009,
http://islamicterrorism.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/text-of-india-pakistan-joint-statement-in-sharm-el -sheikh-between-manmohan-singh-and-pakistan-pm-syed-yusuf-raza-gilani-on-july-16-2009/
.

39
. Sana Qamar, “Sharm El-Sheikh Meeting: An Analysis,”
Reflections
4 (2009).

40
. “South Asia Rivals' Differing Agendas,” BBC News, February 23, 2010.

41
. Jason Burke, “India-Pakistan Talks Centre on Terrorism but Fail to Make Progress,”
Guardian
(London), February 25, 2010.

42
. Ibid.

43
. Sachin Parashar, “High-Level Visits in Bid to Restore Full-Scale Dialogue,”
Times of India
, July 10, 2010.

44
. “Pakistan Asks India to Give Access to Kasab,” NDTV/PTI, May 3, 2010,
http://www.ndtv .com/article/world/pakistan-asks-india-to-give-access-to-kasab-20871
.

45
. “Pak Court Adjourns 26/11 Case to May 22,”
Hindu
, May 9, 2010.

46
. “ISI Behind 26/11, from Start to End: Home Secy,”
Indian Express
, July 14, 2010.

47
. Nissar Ahmad Thakor, “Everything Including Kashmir Discussed: Qureshi,”
Greater Kashmir
, July 15, 2010.

48
. Neeta Lal, “Will Manmohan Singh's Invitation to His Pakistani Counterpart to Watch an India vs Pakistan World Cup Tie Help Ties?,”
Diplomat
, April 1, 2011.

49
. “Indo-Pak Ties Not a Profit or Loss Statement: Rao,” IBN Live, July 3, 2011,
http://ibnlive .in.com/news/indopak-ties-not-a-profit-or-loss-statement-rao/164704-3.html
.

50
. “Text of the Joint Statement by Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and Indian Minister of External Affairs S.M. Krishna, New Delhi; 27 July 2011,”
http://www.piia.org.pk/images/document /text-of-the-joint-statement-by-foreign-minister-hina-rabbani-27-july-2011..pdf
.

51
. Mark Magnier, “Indian Helicopter Strays into Pakistan-Held Part of Kashmir,”
Los Angeles Times
, October 24, 2011.

52
. “India Pakistan Relations: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Calls for a New Chapter,”
Huffington Post
, November 10, 2011.

53
. Assad Kharal, “US Announces $10 Million Bounty on Hafiz Saeed: Report,”
Express Tribune
, April 3, 2012.

54
. Stephanie Kennedy, “Pakistan Militant Taunts US over $10m Bounty,” ABC News, April 5, 2012.

55
. Salman Masood, “Pakistani Lawmakers Criticize US Reward for Militant Leader,”
New York Times
, April 5, 2012.

56
.
Mannat
is a popular practice in Sufism, when a believer vows to visit a shrine of an eminent Sufi saint or give money or food to the needy if their wish is fulfilled.

57
. “Delicacies Await Zardari at Dr Singh's Lunch, BUT . . . ,”
Rediff
(Mumbai), April 7, 2012.

58
. Annie Banerji, “India to Allow FDI from Pakistan, Open Border Post,” Reuters, April 13, 2012.

59
. “Both Leaders Stick to Their Stands,”
Dawn
(Karachi), August 30, 2012.

60
. Salman Masood, “India and Pakistan Sign Visa Agreement, Easing Travel,”
New York Times
, September 8, 2012.

61
. “From Bashir to Khurshid: Who Said What on the LoC Crisis,”
First Post
(Mumbai), January 17, 2013.

62
. “Statement by BJP President, Shri Rajnath Singh on Mr. Nawaz Sharif's Win in Pakistan Polls,”
http://www.bjp.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8732:press—shri-rajnath-singh -on-mr-nawaz-sharifs-win-in-pakistan-polls&catid=68:press-releases&Itemid=494
.

63
. Ibid.

64
. Jon Boone, “Kashmir Tensions Threaten to Return India and Pakistan to Vitriolic Past,”
Guardian
(London), August 8, 2013.

65
. Ibid.

66
. David Blair and David Munk, “If Pakistan Is to Prosper, We Must Stop Bashing India,”
Daily Telegraph
(London), August 24, 2013.

67
. “Pakistan Committed Against Extremism, but Drones Must Stop: Nawaz at UN,”
Express Tribune
, September 27, 2013.

68
. Elizabeth Roche, “Manmohan Singh at UN: Pakistan Should Dismantle Terror Machinery,”
Live Mint
(Delhi), September 28, 2013.

69
. “Nawaz, Manmohan Agree to Reduce Kashmir Tensions,”
Dawn
(Karachi), September 29, 2013.

70
. “Joint Statement on Manmohan Singh's Summit Meeting with President Obama in Washington,”
Hindu
, September 27, 2013.

71
. “26/11 Mumbai Attacks: Trial Against Pak Suspects Adjourned,”
First Post
(Mumbai), March 5, 2014.

72
. Malik Asad, “Trial of Mumbai Attack Case Suspects Stalled,”
Dawn
(Karachi), April 4, 2014.

Chapter 18: Competing for Kabul

1
. Fazal-ur Rahim Marwat, “The Durand Line Issue,”
Frontier Post
(Peshawar), October 17, 2003.

2
. William Dalrymple, “A Deadly Triangle,” Brookings Institution, June 25, 2013,
http://www .brookings.edu/research/essays/2013/deadly-triangle-afghanistan-pakistan-india-c
.

3
. Najmuddin A. Shaikh, “What Does Pakistan Want in Afghanistan?,”
Express Tribune
(Karachi), December 27, 2011.

4
. It was only in 2002 that Delhi acknowledged setting up an airbase in Farkhor.

5
. Dilip Hiro,
War Without End: The Rise of Islamist Terrorism and Global Response
(London: Routledge, 2002), 297–298.

6
. Husain Haqqani,
Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military
(Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2005), 262.

7
. Himachal Pradesh University conferred an honorary doctorate on Hamid Karzai in 2002.

8
. Dalrymple, “A Deadly Triangle.”

9
. “Alongside Its Embassy in Kabul, India Will Open Consulates in Four Afghan Cities,”
Pravda
, December 24, 2001.

10
. Ahmed Rashid,
Descent into Chaos: How the War Against Islamic Extremism Is Being Lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia
(London: Allen Lane, 2008 / New York: Penguin Books, 2009), 143–144.

11
. Ahmed Rashid, “Pakistan Closes Its Embassy in Afghanistan amid Escalating Diplomatic Tension,”
RefWorld
(UNHCR), July 8, 2003.

12
. Ahmed Rashid, “Islamabad's Lingering Support for Islamic Extremists Threatens Pakistan-Afghanistan Ties,”
RefWorld
(UNHCR), July 23, 2003.

13
. Ibid.

14
. Scott Baldauf, “India-Pakistan Rivalry Reaches into Afghanistan,”
Christian Science Monitor
, September 12, 2003.

15
. “Image of the Beast,” There Are No Sunglasses
(blog), January 9, 2010,
https://therearenosunglasses .wordpress.com/2010/01/09
.

16
. Shaiq Hussain, “Pakistan to Ask India to Rein in Afghan Consulates,”
Nation
(Islamabad), March 18, 2006.

17
. Mariana Baabar, “RAW Is Training 600 Baluchis in Afghanistan,”
Outlook
(Delhi), April 24, 2006.

18
. Dalrymple, “A Deadly Triangle.”

19
. “Pakistan's Musharraf Slams Afghanistan's Karzai,”
Afghanistan News Center
, March 6, 2006.

20
. Ibid.

21
. “Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai with Fareed Zakaria, Editor,
Newsweek International
,” Council on Foreign Relations, September 21, 2006,
http://www.cfr.org/afghanistan/afghanistan-president -hamid-karzai-rush-transcript-federal-news-service/p11507
.

22
. “Seven Pakistani Troops Dead as Border Clash Continues,”
Nawaaye Afghanistan
, May 15, 2008.

23
. Ibid.

24
. Ibid.

25
. “Embassy Attack in Kabul Highlights Pakistan-India Rivalry,” EurasiaNet, July 8, 2008,
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/pp070208.shtml
.

26
. Sayed Salahuddin, “Karzai Says Pakistan Behind Indian Embassy Bomb,”
Afghan News Bulletin
no. 2105, July 15, 2008.

27
. Some of the grenades used in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks were also traced back to the POF unit in Wah. The grenades were manufactured by POF under license from an Austrian firm.