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India, China Begin Pulling Back Troops from Disputed Border

Anjana Pasricha

   NEW DELHI - In the first sign that India and China are deescalating
   tensions along their disputed border, both sides have agreed to a
   "disengagement process" and pulled back troops from the site of a clash
   that killed 20 Indian soldiers in mid June.

   However analysts warn that resolving differences that have flared at
   different contested zones in the Himalayan ranges still pose a massive
   challenge and even though the eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation between
   their troops may end, the massive military deployment by the Asian
   rivals could continue.

   "It is going to be a live border for a long time because the Indian
   army cannot any longer afford to lower its guard," said Bharat Karnad,
   a strategic affairs analyst at the Center for Policy Research in New
   Delhi.

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