India, Pakistan no closer on Kashmir

ALMATY, Kazakhstan, June 4 — At an Asian summit aimed at promoting regional stability, India and Pakistan failed to come together for face-to-face talks over the disputed Kashmir region, though Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistan’s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, sat down at the same table for the first time in six months. The two nuclear-armed foes continued to blame the other for instigating violence in Kashmir, as border violence between both armies again flared.