4. Assessment of Pakistan Role
Najmuddin A Shaikh, a former Pakistan foreign secretary, urges the Pakistan government to put aside its reservations and support ex-King Zahir Shah's return to Afghanistan.
"The current situation in Afghanistan"
Hamida Khuhro urges Pakistan to support ouster of the Taliban as a restoration of Islam.
"Pakistan and the real world"
Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema of the Islamabad Policy Research Institute describes a multi-lateral plan for handling the Afghan crisis.
"Looking for alternatives"
Muhammad Ijazul Haq, son of General Ziaul Haq and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League, discusses how Pakistan can take a leading role in resolving the Afghan crisis.
"Present crisis and Pak role"
C. Raja Mohan, in New Delhi, questions whether the US will restrain Pakistan's support for terrorist activities in Kashmir.
"Can U.S. restrain Pakistan?"
P. S. Suryanarayana discusses Pakistan's role in the emerging "new strategic milieu."
"Pakistan-U.S. strategic idiom"
Tapan Bose, Secretary-General of the South Asian Forum for Human Rights in Kathmandu, Nepal, urges attention to the humanitarian dimensions of the current crisis.
"Human dimension of the crisis"