India must not jump to conclusions

THE Mumbai terrorist attack has proved to be on an elaborate scale that surely required significant planning and logistical support. However, as the assault on the Twin Towers proved, such sophistication does not mean India should jump to the conclusion that the Mumbai atrocity is the handiwork of its arch enemy, Pakistan. The one thing that should not be allowed to perish in the flames at Nariman House or the Taj Mahal Hotel is the growing, if fragile, rapprochement between the two nuclear-arme

In July, a suicide bomber destroyed the Indian embassy in Kabul, killing over 50 people. The Indian and Afghani governments blamed the Pakistani intelligence service. There is no doubt that elements inside the Pakistani security agencies have been wi...