The northeast of contemporary India, like the northwest of Pakistan, is restive and beset with blood and bullet, scarred by armed separatist movements and the heavy footprint of state counter-insurgency.
The shape of the “Afghanistan-Pakistan” (or “Afpak”) strategy is crystal clear. For Washington, the most prominent problems posed by Kabul and Islamabad -- the Taliban, al Qaeda, and associated tribal militants -- stem from the Pashtun regions of both countries.
