In from the cold

摘要

When they met in Delhi last month, Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, and India's prime minister, Manmo-han Singh, agreed that their two countries' peace process was "irreversible". General Musharraf-who says he is anxious to "grasp the moment", when India and Pakistan are led by men who trust each other-has since spelled out some possible ways to end the central dispute, over Kashmir; "the earlier the better," he says. But Pakistan still seems far from proposing a solution India could accept. And after 58 years of hostility, including three wars, negotiations could take years.