The Kashmir crisis came to a head after Islamic militants, backed by Pakistan, seized several Indian positions in the mountains.
And yet the United States has done little to stop these abuses or to help seek a peaceful settlement of the Kashmir crisis.
This latest evidence is one more reason the United States must act quickly to help find a peaceful, negotiated settlement to the Kashmir crisis.
Among its first priorities will be a second session of talks with India on the Kashmir crisis, beginning in New Delhi on Thursday.
The present Kashmir crisis feels like a déjà vu replay of the last one.
Like the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, the Kashmir crisis shows that American military might all too often translates into diplomatic weakness.
Dawn 's editorial Monday was devoted not to the Kashmir crisis but to the safer subject of the Arab-Israeli peace process.
But it was withdrawn after a bitter debate citing inopportune time due to the ongoing Punjabi Suba movement and Kashmir crisis at that time.
It was there he gained a deep passion for the Kashmir crisis and for South Asia as a whole.
The foreign secretaries of the two countries did not deal with the political issues in the Kashmir crisis but focused on military confidence-building measures.