Lashkar-e-Toiba
Dec 5 2008, View Point

Guest columnist Ahmed Rashid in Lahore argues that rising tension between India and Pakistan over the Mumbai attacks might provide the two countries with an opportunity to extract a more lasting peace.

If Lashkar-e-Toiba is indeed responsible for..

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