Mountain of war: The India-Pakistan conflict’s deadliest battle zone

The almost deal A near-resolution was playing out at a different altitude a month after the ceasefire, among the diplomats and politicians in their leafy enclaves. Of the 13 rounds of talks the two countries engaged in since January 1986, the closest they came to a long-term deal on the glacier was in June 1989, the fifth round that took place in Rawalpindi. A change of government in Pakistan, after the death of General Zia ul-Haq, had ushered in democracy. …