Monday, March 08, 2004
Tashkent agreement
I used to consider the tashkent agreement as one of the biggest give-aways of India. I remember reading reports that Indian army had occupied till Lahore during the 1966 war. That being the case, why did India withdrwa the troops back, and in turn missed an opportunity to take back POK???
One contrary view here by a retired IAS officer who served in Prime Minister Shastri’s secretariat. Either Shastri was too optimistic about future friendly relationship with Pak, or he got duped by Ayub Khan's farce of "a sincere friend of our country". One more reason to doubt the current Indo-Pak peace process :-(
As you sow, so you reap.
I used to consider the tashkent agreement as one of the biggest give-aways of India. I remember reading reports that Indian army had occupied till Lahore during the 1966 war. That being the case, why did India withdrwa the troops back, and in turn missed an opportunity to take back POK???
One contrary view here by a retired IAS officer who served in Prime Minister Shastri’s secretariat. Either Shastri was too optimistic about future friendly relationship with Pak, or he got duped by Ayub Khan's farce of "a sincere friend of our country". One more reason to doubt the current Indo-Pak peace process :-(
As you sow, so you reap.
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