India and Pakistan must realise their permanent hostility is outdated, and break this cycle of violence
Husain Haqqani, a former Pakistan ambassador to the US, is diplomat-in-residence at the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy in Abu Dhabi and a senior fellow at the Washington-based Hudson Institute
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