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Current group: soc.culture.indian.jammu-kashmir
Kashmir Timeline, Year 2004
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| | From: | Mikhail Sidorin | | Subject: | Kashmir Timeline, Year 2004 | | Date: | Thu, 30 Dec 2004 23:33:41 GMT |
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 | Kashmir Timeline, Year 2004
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Event of the Year:
Oct. 25 2004 PAKISTAN. Musharraf urges Kashmir rethink
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SUMMARY:
Jan. 6 UN. Welcome for Kashmir breakthrough
Jan. 22 NEW DELHI. Historic Kashmir talks bring hope
Feb. 6 13 dead in fighting
Apr. 20 Violence mars vote
May. 23 33 killed in landmine attack on bus
Aug. 6 11 workers were buried in mud
Sep. 4 NEW DELHI. Top-level talks open on Kashmir
Oct. 25 PAKISTAN. Musharraf urges Kashmir rethink
Oct. 25 PAKISTAN. Heated reaction to Kashmir plan
Oct. 26 PAKISTAN. Kashmir plan rejected
NEW DELHI. India cool on Kashmir proposals
Nov. 11 NEW DELHI. India to reduce troops in Kashmir
Nov. 16 India begins Kashmir pullback
Nov. 16 Fighting erupts amid troop pullout
Indian PM arrives in Kashmir
Nov. 24 Pakistan PM meets Kashmir separatists
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DETAILS:
(See more at Kashmir Timeline:
http://www.mapreport.com/countries/kashmir.html)
Jan. 6
UN. Welcome for Kashmir breakthrough
Leaders from around the world have welcomed India and Pakistan's
decision to hold talks to resolve their dispute:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3374517.stm
Jan. 22
NEW DELHI. Historic Kashmir talks bring hope
The Government and a group of separatists have agreed that violence must
end in the troubled region:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3416823.stm
Feb. 6
13 dead in fighting
Soldiers surrounded militants in northern Kashmir. 4 militants and 3
soldiers died in the fighting
Apr. 20
Violence mars vote
One policeman was killed while 13 people were wounded after suspected
Muslim militants attacked polling stations
May. 23
33 killed in landmine attack on bus
The bus was carrying Indian soldiers and their relatives. Hizbul
Mujahideen says it carried out the attack:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3739711.stm
Aug. 6
11 workers were buried in mud
Three co-workers were pulled alive from the debris
Sep. 4
NEW DELHI. Top-level talks open on Kashmir
The India and Pakistan foreign ministers have begun talks on new
proposals for moving forward in the dispute
Oct. 25
PAKISTAN. Musharraf urges Kashmir rethink
President has called for radical new thinking on the dispute with India,
suggesting joint rule as one option:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3952999.stm
Oct. 25
PAKISTAN. Heated reaction to Kashmir plan
A radical approach by President Musharraf to solve the long-running
dispute has sparked off a furious debate:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3953417.stm
Oct. 26
PAKISTAN. Kashmir plan rejected
Opposition is saying they will never allow him to change the status of
Kashmir against the wishes of its people
NEW DELHI. India cool on Kashmir proposals
India has asked Pakistan to discuss the issue through official channels only
Nov. 11
NEW DELHI. India to reduce troops in Kashmir
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: India is to reduce its troop deployments
in the disputed territory this winter:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4003607.stm
Nov. 16
India begins Kashmir pullback
India will begin withdrawing some of its troops as an important step
toward easing tensions with Pakistan
Nov. 16
Fighting erupts amid troop pullout
Indian soldiers traded gunfire with militants in the city of Srinagar
Indian PM arrives in Kashmir
Manmohan Singh has begun his first visit to the disputed state. The
first unit of soldiers was seen withdrawing:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4018313.stm
Nov. 24
Pakistan PM meets Kashmir separatists
Shaukat Aziz has met with various factions from the Indian-controlled
part of Kashmir
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Mikhail Sidorin
See links to more details at Kashmir Timeline:
http://www.mapreport.com/countries/kashmir.html
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