ISLAMABAD -- When representatives of some of the most prominent groups in Indian-administered Kashmir visit Pakistan toward the middle of this month, many South Asia watchers will be looking for signs of progress in South Asia's latest peace process.
The recent moves by India and Pakistan, the two nuclear-armed South Asian neighbors, have encouraged many to expect further conciliatory steps from the two countries, which have fought three wars in their 53-year history and now maintain a tense peace.
Their troubles now largely stem from disagreement over the division of predominantly Muslim Kashmir, one-third of which is under Pakistani control while the rest is administered by India.