Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf finds himself under increasing international pressure, especially from the United States, to stop the proxy war in Kashmir, a state that both Pakistan and India claim. Pervez is being told, not asked, to stop cross-border infiltration and terrorism in India.
Thousands of people, mostly innocent citizens, have perished in this warfare, which has lasted for more than 12 years.
Although Pervez earned Washington's gratitude when he helped President George W. Bush throw out the notorious Taliban regime in Afghanistan, the U.S. is now unhappy with his failure to reign in Islamic militants, who are trying to push New Delhi out of Kashmir.