Monday, February 8, 2010

Summary of India-Pakistan Peace Talks

India received independence on 15th August, 1947 and was separated from Pakistan. Since 1947 there has been a rivalry between two nations on the Kashmir issue. Pakistan has already acquired major part of Kashmir called as Pak Occupied Kashmir (POK). There were 3 major wars between India & Pakistan after independence. 1965, 1971 and 1999. Apart from this India has always taken soft stand on Kashmir issue & first initiated peace talks with Pakistan. But India received nothing from these talks apart from terrorist attacks. I found a good article in Sakal Marathi Daily (Dated: 07/02/2010) which summarizes how many times India has initiated peace talks and in return what we received from Pakistan.

If Pakistan is not interested in Peace Talk then why India is taking initiative every time. Recently Times of India has started a new peace talk "Aman ki Asha" with Pakistan. Will it going to succeed looking at the history of peace talks between Ind and Pak?