The historical roots of the Kashmir conflict
The historical roots of the Kashmir conflict
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克什米尔冲突的历史根源
DOI:
10.1080/10576109208435908
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发表时间:
1992
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通讯作者:
A. Mohan
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A. Mohan
Not so long ago, it was widely believed that the only solution to the intractable problem of Kashmir lay in its growing obsolescence. The extensive discussion of the problem in international fora during a period of over two decades produced no solution, owing to the fact that the competing claims of India and Pakistan rest on contrary principles of equal plausibility. Pakistan says the Kashmiri people should have the right to selfdetermination on the basis of article 1 (2) of the United Nations Charter. India asserts that Pakistan's espousal of Kashmir's cause by the use of armed force against the territorial integrity of India is in contravention of article 1 (4) of the charter. Pakistan argues that India is required, by the terms of the resolutions of Aug. 13, 1948, and Jan. 5, 1949, adopted by the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan, to hold a plebiscite to ascertain the wishes of the Kashmiri people. India maintains that those resolutions call for the withdrawal of Pakistani forces from, and the termination of, Pakistan's illegal occupation of, Indian territory as a precondition for the holding of a plebiscite. Pakistan contends that, since the majority of the Kashmiri people is Muslim, they naturally belong with an Islamic state like Pakistan. India counters that several million Muslims have freely chosen to dwell as an integral part of its secular society, and 6 million Kashmiris were also quite content to do so until Pakistan instigated rebellion.These wordy duels came to an end with the third bloody conflict between India and Pakistan, which was terminated with the conclusion of the Simla Agreement of 1972. It enjoined both countries to resolve all their differences and disputes, including Kashmir, through mutual consultation and negotiation. The consensus that prevailed among political pundits at the time was that the only possible and realistic solution in sight was the de facto division of Kashmir between India and Pakistan, the ceasefire line becoming the international boundary between the two countries. That facile optimism was rudely shattered by the rapid rise of fundamentalism in the Islamic world; the outbreak of the Soviet-American conflict over Afghanistan, one unfortunate consequence of which was