Suspicion fell immediately upon Pakistan's spy agency, the Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), for participating in the attack on the Indian Embassy. If true, relations between India and Pakistan, already strained by resurgent violence in Kashmir, would become exponentially tense. This situation bodes ill for Kashmiris for their land has often been the place where these national tensions are violently expressed.
Violence in Kashmir is often attributed to the Pakistan's ISI, regardless of its cause, and this bias is well-known to Hindu nationalists. It is widely believed in Kashmir that some acts of violence attributed to Muslim separatists are actually triggered by Hindu nationalists that can rely on the cover of anti-Pakistan bias. It gets pretty confusing; reports that India's own intelligence services have fomented violence in Kashmir meant to be attributed to Muslim separatists only muddy the waters further.
Suffice to say I did not report the 7 July Kabul bombing in this blog as it appeared unrelated to Kashmir, but my opinion has changed. New reports from US intelligence services conclude that:
Pakistanis Aided Attack in Kabul - NYT, 1 August 2008.
UPDATE: Pakistan Denies Report It Planned Kabul Blast - TO, 2 August 2008.
UPDATE: Indian official: Sinking relations with Pakistan - IHT, 2 August 2008.
UPDATE: Indo-Pak rancour overshadows talks - AJ, 3 August 2008.
UPDATE: Pakistan: Indian bombing allegations unfounded - IHT, 3 August 2008.
Violence in Kashmir is often attributed to the Pakistan's ISI, regardless of its cause, and this bias is well-known to Hindu nationalists. It is widely believed in Kashmir that some acts of violence attributed to Muslim separatists are actually triggered by Hindu nationalists that can rely on the cover of anti-Pakistan bias. It gets pretty confusing; reports that India's own intelligence services have fomented violence in Kashmir meant to be attributed to Muslim separatists only muddy the waters further.
Suffice to say I did not report the 7 July Kabul bombing in this blog as it appeared unrelated to Kashmir, but my opinion has changed. New reports from US intelligence services conclude that:
Pakistanis Aided Attack in Kabul - NYT, 1 August 2008.
UPDATE: Pakistan Denies Report It Planned Kabul Blast - TO, 2 August 2008.
UPDATE: Indian official: Sinking relations with Pakistan - IHT, 2 August 2008.
UPDATE: Indo-Pak rancour overshadows talks - AJ, 3 August 2008.
UPDATE: Pakistan: Indian bombing allegations unfounded - IHT, 3 August 2008.
