It may be worse this time. Kashmir remains an unsettled problem. The Simla Agreement and the Lahore process have conciliated it. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has also offered to hold talks on Kashmir. But no dialogue can take place at gun point.
Normal conditions are a pre-requisite to the talks.
If Islamabad continues to indulge in operations like Kargil and hijacking, there is no possibility of even a semblance of normalcy. The situation is bound to deteriorate further if the Pakistan-aided groups do not give up such attacks as on the military headquarters and on the headquarters of the Special Operations Group, comprising the Kashmir police. Pakistan should seriously ponder over what its interference through ISI or otherwise would lead to. Since Sattar is the most experienced and mature person in the military set-up, his responsibility is many times more than that of his other colleagues in the government. True, his hatred for India gets better of him.