India and Pakistan’s relationship is perhaps of a unique character. In order to understand this strange and complex relationship which arouses the best and the worst of emotions at different times, and has resulted in a strange obsession with each other, we have to delve long into history.
From Pakistan’s perspective ever since Partition, a section of the Indian leadership was predicting an early end to this new country. From the very early days, therefore, the Pakistani leadership was determined to do everything in its power to prevent this from happening. This naturally increased animosity between the two countries. The Kashmir dispute served to ensure the continuation of such feelings between the two countries. Both countries were not able to resolve their disputes, and the rift deepened. The issues of major and immediate concern between the two countries other than Kashmir are of course terrorism, water, Sir Creek and Siachen.
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