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Background: The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved, and India and Pakistan have fought two wars - in 1947-48 and 1965 - over the disputed Kashmir territory. A third war between these countries in 1971 - in which India capitalized on Islamabad's marginalization of Bengalis in Pakistani politics - resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. In response to Indian nuclear weapons testing, Pakistan conducted its own tests in 1998. The dispute over the state of Kashmir is ongoing, but recent discussions and confidence-building measures may be a start toward lessened tensions.

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By sapere18
August 13th 2008

Subcontinental Drift: Chapter Twenty-four - Peshawar

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Mahabat Khan
Reputed as the most beautiful mosque in Peshawar, and rightfully so...

19 August Amritsar, Punjab, India Except for arriving from and departing back to the United States, I usually do not take too many flights when traveling. Yes, I know they cut distances and save time. But I need to be lodged against a window and see what I would be missing, impossible at 35,000 feet. If a train goes, I’ll be on it. Otherwise I’ll settle for a bus, minivan, outside panel of a jeep, or bed of a pickup truck. Ameen asked me back in Gilgit where I would go after we parted company in Chitral. “Peshawar”, I said. “Are [View Full Entry]

By Roaming Purple i Viola in Viaggio
November 29th 2006

Giorno 49: Peshawar, meraviglioso arcobaleno di umanita'

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Fra le strade di Peshawar

PESHAWAR Arriviamo che e' tarda serata e veniamo lasciati in un bazaar che l'e' un bel troiaio (si puo' scrivere???) niente male.... Optiamo per una sistemazione nel cuore della Old City, piu' vicini quindi al cuore della citta'. Il tempo di una cosina da mangiare e di rimediare il "necessaire" e a nanna. Quando ci mettiamo a girare la mattina successiva ci troviamo davanti ad uno spettacolo incredibile: mai, in nessuno dei nostri viaggi finora (chi piu' chi meno) ci era mai capitato di trovarci in un posto cosi'. Migliaia di persone sulle strade appartenenti a decine [View Full Entry]

By Lambo
November 27th 2006

GIORNO 75: PAKISTANI ADVENTURES

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UCH SHARIF
La foto è come quella della Lonely Planet.. anzi meglio..

LA CADUTA DEGLI EROI La "vendetta di Montezuma" colpisce anche in Pakistan Dai diamanti non nasce niente, dal letame nascono fiori. Fabrizio De Andrè E così un bel pomeriggio parto da Quetta e mi accingo a lasciare il Baluchistan. Fino all'ultimo son indeciso sulla mia destinazione: arrivare a Lahore direttamente non se ne parla, troppo distante, così opto per uno stop-over: fino al giorno della partenza son propenso ad andarmene a Multan, ma alla fine deciso di fare una piccola pazzia, e cambio meta. E' infatti da quando [View Full Entry]

By VictorT
September 26th 2006

Darkness, brain curries and guns.

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Warning: crazy men with guns around
You know you're in the Tribal Zone when you see this sign.

Saturday September 23rd Another though ride ahead of us, but at least it would be the last before India. Technically it should be 11 hours to Peshawar but we'd been told this was about as optimistic as a "welcomed with roses" statement coming from georgie before the Iraq war. It started badly as they told Samuel it was full. He hadn't bought his ticket the day before so he was out of luck. It seemed a lot of people were missing and after a ride around town he went back to the station and picked Samuel as well as a few [View Full Entry]

By MikeJo
September 6th 2006

In the footsteps of bin Laden (Part 1)

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Hotel Marina - Our digs in Is-scam-abad

Greetings from Peshawar or as the locals like to pronounce it.... Piss Shower. Firstly, if anyone......ever again......and I mean ever again......in my lifetime.......mentions the words chicken and corn soup or mutton.....I will not be responsible for my actions. You have been warned! Now I've got that off my chest (or to be more exact, out of my backside), it's time to update you on what we've been up to in the past 3 weeks. It has not been possible to send an update before now due to there being no Internet service in the areas we have been visiting. Believe me, [View Full Entry]

By MikeJo
September 6th 2006

In the footsteps of bin Laden (Part 2)

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Our hotel in Peshawar

We checked in to Greens and they asked us if we wanted a standard or deluxe room. Glancing at the rates on the wall, we worked out the deluxe was less than GBP 1 extra so decided to splash out. We were not that surprised to find that the Pakistani meaning of deluxe differed somewhat from the English meaning. Although adequate, the room is very shabby with plenty of stains on the carpets, furniture, curtains and walls. It is also the size of a shoe-box and we keep tripping over each other as we move around the room. The breakfast is [View Full Entry]

Jo with guide and gunman at border of Tribal Territory

Afghan refugee camp on the edge of Peshawar

By nomadicanuk
August 29th 2006

Peshawar

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Blending in......

August 29 Woke up early and headed to the passport office, to get permission to enter the tribal areas after being told no after waiting a good hour it was onwards to the Afghan embassy where it took us two hours to get visas even though the system was bloody confusing. After this it was off to the Kyhber pass agency were we were told that we did not need their permission as we would not be staying there and would rather need permission from the home office. After a stressfull time at the Home office and running several blocks to [View Full Entry]

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