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Apart from strategic interests, the Pakistan army has
interests in the "jihad of Kashmir". It has funds to run training camps,
including recruitment (Rs 10,000 for each recruit), and transportation and
accommodation costs. It also has a special fund for each "mujahid" when he
enters into Kashmir (Rs 20,000). Should he die, there is a special fund for
compensation (Rs 50,000 in the first year and Rs 24,000 in next two years)
for the bereaved family.........
For Pakistan then, the ISI, the jihadis and the army are in one mind that the
struggle in Kashmir will continue. All that is happening for now, under US
pressure, is a shift in tactics, with Karachi becoming a center of
activities. Realistically, the ceasefire along the Line of Control in Kashmir
cannot therefore be expected to hold.
KARACHI - A ceasefire between Pakistan and
India along three of their borders went into effect at midnight on Tuesday.
The million-dollar question everyone is asking, though, is how long this
United States-sponsored initiative will last. The answer, it appears, is not
long.
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Pakistan-India: Same game, new rules
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EK27Df03.html
By Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times
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