Facts on the frozen ground

Few Indo-Pakistan issues are as emotive as the Siachen Glacier “dispute” — a misleading term given that India controls all of Siachen while Pakistan only hankers for it. Each time Siachen is up for discussion articles appear in the Indian media, arguing for “demilitarising” the area in order to “build confidence”, or in other words to hand Islamabad a sop that might evoke corresponding generosity. The Pakistan army badly wants a troop pullback, given the comprehensive mauling it has received...

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