Peace negociations between India and Pakistan

An interesting article about the difficult situation  between India and Pakistan which has been going on since their independence.

India and Pakistan to resume talks

Peace negotiations to begin again after Mumbai attacks in 2008

• guardian.co.uk, Thursday 10 February 2011 10.02 GMT
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India and Pakistan have agreed to resume formal peace talks for the first time since the Mumbai attacks in 2008. Photograph: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images

India and Pakistan have agreed to resume formal peace talks that were broken off by New Delhi after the 2008 Mumbai attacks, Indian sources said, although they sought to play down expectations of major progress.

The two countries have been under pressure from the US to reduce tensions because their rivalry spills over into Afghanistan, complicating peace efforts there.

A senior Indian government official said the decision to return to talks was made at a meeting between the two countries' top diplomats in Bhutan's capital, Thimphu, on the margins of a regional conference.

A Pakistani official wouldn't confirm the decision, but said there had been progress.

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