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28
. Mark Mazzetti and Eric Schmitt, “Pakistanis Aided Attack in Kabul, US Officials Say,”
New York Times
, August 1, 2008.

29
. “ISI Nailed in Kabul Embassy Outrage: 2008 Bombing Plan WAS Hatched in Pakistan, New Book Claims,”
Mail Today Bureau
(Delhi), March 23, 2014; “2008 Indian Embassy Attack in Kabul Sanctioned by ISI, New Book Claims,”
Times of India
, March 23, 2014.

30
. Kuldip Nayar, “ISI Playing a Dangerous Game with Taliban,”
Sunday Times
(Delhi), August 17, 2008.

31
. Bhashyam Kasturi, “India's Role in Afghanistan,” State of Pakistan, February 20, 2012,
http://www.stateofpakistan.org/indias-role-in-afghanistan
.

32
. “India and Pakistan Ramp Up Aid as They Jostle for Influence in Kabul,” Reuters, March 4, 2014.

33
. Aryn Baker, “Karzai on Musharraf: Good Riddance,”
Time
, August 19, 2008.

34
. Ibid.

35
. “Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan to Strengthen Anti-Terrorism Co-op,” Xinhua Net, December 5, 2008.

36
. “Afghanistan: National Opinion Poll” for BBC, ABC News, and ARD,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1 /shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/05_02_09afghan_poll_2009.pdf
.

37
. Dalrymple, “A Deadly Triangle.”

38
. Julian Borger, “UN in Secret Talks with Taliban,”
Guardian
(London), January 28, 2010.

39
. Afghanistan: National Opinion Poll.

40
. “9 Indians Among 17 Dead as Taliban Bombers Attack Kabul,”
Times of India
, February 26, 2010.

41
. Karzai appointed his brother-in-law Ibrahim Spinzada as the new NSD director temporarily, and replaced him with Rahmatullah Nabil, a Pashtun politician.

42
. “Amid Pakistani Moves, Krishna to Attend Kabul Meet,”
Thaindian News
, July 10, 2010.

43
. “Expert Discuss Ways to Promote Pak-Afghan Trade,”
Express Tribune
(Karachi), August 24, 2013.

44
. Larry Hanauer and Peter Chalk, “India's and Pakistan's Strategies in Afghanistan: Implications for the United States and the Region,” Occasional Paper, Center for Asia Pacific Policy, RAND, 2012,
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/occasional_papers/2012/RAND_OP387.pdf, 16n35
.

45
. Susan Cornwell, “Factbox: US Has Allocated $20 billion for Pakistan,” Reuters, April 21, 2011.

46
. Solomon Moore and Rahim Faiez, “Hamid Karzai: Pakistan Firing Missiles into Afghanistan,”
Huffington Post
, June 28, 2011.

47
. “30 Afghan Militants Killed After Cross Border Raid,”
Express Tribune
(Karachi), October 10, 2011.

48
. “Text of Agreement on Strategic Partnership between the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan,” October 4, 2011,
http://im.rediff.com/news/2011/oct/04indo-afghan-strategic -agreement.pdf
.

49
. “Afghanistan and India Sign ‘Strategic Partnership,'” BBC News, October 4, 2011.

50
. Sebastian Abbot, “Pakistan Warns Afghanistan After Pact with India,” Associated Press, October 6, 2011.

51
. “India Plans to Train 30,000 Afghan Soldiers,”
National
(Dubai), December 3, 2011, 3; Rahul Bedi, “India Steps Up Afghan Troop Training,”
IHS Jane's Defence Security Report
, November 29, 2011.

52
. Richard Weitz, “Afghanistan and India Deepen Strategic Cooperation,” CACI Analyst, January 22, 2014. According to Afghanistan's ambassador to India, about 350 Afghan army officers receive annual training in India, with a total of 1,400 trained since 2003.

53
. “Indian Consortium Wins $10bn Afghanistan Mines Deal,” BBC News, November 29, 2011.

54
. “SAIL-Led Consortium to Cut Spend on Afghan Iron Ore Mine,”
Live Mint
(Delhi), November 11, 2013.

55
. Huma Imtiaz, “New York Summit: Zardari, Karzai and Cameron Discuss Afghan Endgame,”
Express Tribune
(Karachi), September 27, 2012; “Accusations of Afghan President Termed ‘Totally Misplaced,'”
Express Tribune
(Karachi), October 9, 2012.

56
. Anirban Bhaumik, “India Concerned over Leaked Afghan Peace Road Map,” Taand.com, January 4, 2013,
http://www.english.taand.com/index.php?mod=article&cat=articles&article=2280
.

57
. “Karzai Calls for Pakistan Role in Afghan Peace Process,” BBC News, August 26, 2013.

58
. “Afghanistan Aid” (graph), Reuters, March 4, 2014.

59
. “India and Pakistan Ramp Up Aid.”

60
. Hanauer and Chalk, “India's and Pakistan's Strategies in Afghanistan.”

61
. “India Vows to Complete Salma Dam Project Within a Year,”
Tolo News
, August 24, 2013.

62
. Aryn Baker, “Afghanistan Unplugs Bollywood's Siren Song,”
Time
, May 8, 2008.

63
. Alisa Tang and Rahim Faiez, “TV Stations Defy Afghan Government Ban on Indian Soap Operas,” Associated Press, April 23, 2008.

64
. Robin Bansal, “Afghanistan Crazy About Bollywood, but Lacks Official Market,” IANS, April 18, 2010,
http://www.bollywood.com/afghanistan-crazy-about-bollywood-lacks-official-market
.

65
. Abdul Haleem, Chen Xin, “Feature: Jobless Young Afghans Find Escape in Bollywood Movies,” Xinhua Net, June 17, 2012.

66
. “Afghanistan and the Popularity of Bollywood Are Inseparable,”
Economic Times
, June 17, 2012.

Chapter 19: Shared Culture, Rising Commerce

1
. Pending Proceedings Order, Martial Law Order No. 107 (December 30, 1985),
http://pakistan constitutionlaw.com/pending-proceedings-order-martial-law-order-no-107-30th-of-december-1985
.

2
. Taran Adarsh, “Mughal-e-Azam Censored in Pakistan,”
Sify Movies
, February 13, 2006,
http://www.sify.com/movies/mughal-e-azam-censored-in-pakistan-news-bollywood-kkfvtdefjcd.html
.

3
. “Pakistan Clears Bollywood Films,” BBC News, February 8, 2006.

4
. “Mughal-e-Azam Releases in Pakistan: Will Others Follow Suit?,”
One India News
, April 23, 2006.

5
. “Taj Film Set for History in Pak,”
Telegraph
(Kolkata), April 25, 2006.

6
. M. Zulqernain, “Pakistani Court Stops Airing of Indian, Foreign Films on TV,”
Rediff News
(Mumbai), December 11, 2013.

7
. “Mughal-e-Azam Releases in Pakistan.”

8
. Ibid.

9
. “Ban on Indian Movies,”
Dawn
(Karachi), December 6, 2012.

10
. Palash Ghosh, “Bollywood Boom and ‘Dhoom': Indian Films Wildly Popular in Pakistan Despite ‘Ban' on Their Exhibition,”
International Business Times
, January 7, 2014.

11
. “Amir Khan's ‘Dhoom 3' Breaks Box Office Records in Pakistan,”
Indian Express
, December 26, 2013.

12
. “Pakistan's Ban on Bollywood Films Withdrawn,”
Financial Express
, December 17, 2013.

13
. “Pak Army Must Acquire a Television Channel,”
Siasat Daily
(Hyderabad), December 17, 2013.

14
. Praveen Swami, “
Green Books
, Red Herring and LoC War,”
Hindu
, January 16, 2013.

15
. Ghosh, “Bollywood Boom and ‘Dhoom.'”

16
. “India vs Pakistan: Cricket History,” NDTV Cricket, December 10, 2012,
http://sports.ndtv .com/india-vs-pakistan-2012/about/200488-india-vs-pakistan-cricket-history
.

17
. A Twenty20 game, introduced in 2003 in England and Wales, involves two teams; each has a single innings and bats for a maximum of 20 overs.

18
. Statistics from ESPN's Cricinfo,
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class =2;filter=advanced;opposition=7;orderby=won;team=6;template=results;type=team
.

19
. Kanishkaa Balachandran, “Going, Going . . . Gone, Following Shivnarine Chanderpaul's Heroics, Cricinfo Looks Back at Similar One-Day Thrillers,” ESPN Cricinfo, April 10, 2008.

20
. “Resumption of India-Pakistan Matches Moves Closer,” ESPN Cricinfo, October 22, 2003.

21
. “Sahara India to Sponsor India, Pakistan Matches in Canada,” ESPN, July 15, 1996,
http://www .espncricinfo.com/page2/content/story/72440.html
.

22
. “Resumption of India-Pakistan Matches Moves Closer.”

23
. Sanjoy Majumder, “India-Pakistan Cricket Battle at Mohali Raises Passions,” March 30, 2011.

24
. “Heartbreak in Pakistan, Three Die over Defeat,” NDTV, April 1, 2011,
http://www.ndtv.com /article/world/heartbreak-in-pakistan-three-die-over-defeat-95531
.

25
. “Stop Praising Sachin Tendulkar, Taliban Warn Pakistan Media,”
Times of India
, November 28, 2013.

26
. “Pakistan Ready to Tour India for Cricket Revival: Sethi,”
Dawn
(Karachi), December 18, 2013.

27
. “Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Pakistan,” Kushnirs, n.d.,
http://kushnirs.org/macro economics/gdp/gdp_pakistan.html
.

28
. Mubarak Zeb Khan, “MFN Status for India on the Cards,”
Dawn
(Karachi), January 26, 2014.

29
.
MNF Status and Trade Between Pakistan and India
, Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency, January 2012.

30
. Vimal Bhatia, “Road Link Likely Between India and Pakistan Soon,”
Times of India
, September 23, 2012.

31
.
MNF Status and Trade Between Pakistan and India
.

32
. Ibid.

33
. “Tomato-Laden Truck Covers New Ground for India-Pakistan Trade,”
DNA India
, October 1, 2007.

34
.
MNF Status and Trade Between Pakistan and India
.

35
. “Pakistan, India to Increase Frequency of Freight Trains,”
Nation
(Islamabad), June 20, 2008.

36
. B. Raman, “Indo-Pak Economic Ties: Ground Realities,” Observer Research Foundation, November 26, 2004,
http://orfonline.org/cms/sites/orfonline/modules/analysis/AnalysisDetail.html?cmaid =2252&mmacmaid=197
.

37
. The eight members of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation in 2007 were Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

38
. Mohsin S. Khan, “Improving India-Pakistan Relations Through Trade,” East Asia Forum, April 19, 2010,
http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/04/19/improving-india-pakistan-relations-through-trade
.

39
. “India-Pakistan Events,” Reuters, August 4, 2012.

40
. “Pakistan Notifies Negative List for Trade with India,”
Economic Times
, March 21, 2012.

41
. “Modi Uses Business the Way Out with Pak,”
Siasat Daily
(Hyderabad), May 28, 2014.

42
. “Pak Trade Barrier Holds Indian Bicycle Industry,”
Hindustan Times
, April 6, 2014.

43
. Sarabjit Pandher, “Attari Integrated Check Post to Open Tomorrow,”
Hindu
, April 12, 2012.

44
. Sarabjit Pandher, “New Liberal Visa Regime with Pakistan Soon: Chidambaram,”
Hindu
, April 13, 2012.

45
. “India to Cut List to 100 from 614 Items,”
Nation
(Islamabad), October 22, 2012.

46
. Nazar Ul Islam, “Trading with the Enemy,”
Newsweek
, December 17, 2013.

47
. “Trade Between India and Pakistan Surges 21% to $2.4 Billion,”
Express Tribune
, May 14, 2013.

48
. “Govt to Curtail Negative List of Trade Items with India,”
Express Tribune
, January 23, 2014.

49
. “India, Pakistan Need to Take Steps to Boost Trade,”
Economic Times
, January 21, 2014; Zeb Khan, “MFN Status for India on the Cards.”

50
. “Importable Items from India: PIAF Asks Government to Cut Down Negative List,”
Business Recorder
, January 2, 2014.

51
. Aamir Shafaat Khan, “Trade Deficit with China Up 58pc,”
Dawn
(Karachi), February 10, 2013.

52
. “Economic and Trade Relations between China and India,” Economic and Commercial Section of the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Mumbai, December 15, 2004,
http://bombay2.mofcom.gov.cn/article/bilateralcooperation/inbrief/200412/20041200010319.shtml
; “Total Trade, Country-wise,” Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India,
http://commerce.nic.in/eidb /Default.asp
.

Chapter 20: Overview and Conclusions

1
. R. Shayan, “Sir Syed Ahmed Khan,” Agnostic Pakistan
(blog), December 14, 2008,
http://agnostic pakistan.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/sir-syed-ahmed-khan.html
.

2
. Arun, “Provincial Elections India 1946,” Wake Up, Smell the Coffee
(blog), January 27, 2011,
http://observingliberalpakistan.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/provincial-elections-india-1946.html
.

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