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Obama, Change South Asia Policy
Arlington, Va.
Your lead editorial "After Mumbai" [Dec. 22] offers the right policy prescription for South Asia to President-elect Obama. Given the failure of the "war on terror" in Afghanistan and the spillover into Pakistan and beyond, a military surge could exacerbate the grave situation. The region is a nuclear flashpoint. It has been a hotbed of ethnic and sectarian violence, terrorism, secessionist insurgencies and interstate hostilities for well over half a century. Disputed territories between India and Pakistan, most notably Kashmir, have led to wars and perennial border skirmishes.
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