Pakistan's unwillingness to jettison its active role in supporting, training, guiding, and launching militant operations in Indian-held Kashmir and elsewhere directly challenges US interests in diminishing the capacity of terrorist organizations and degrading their force projection capabilities. One of the inescapable conclusions drawn from this work is that the intractable dispute over the disposition of Kashmir is and will remain a critical flashpoint between Pakistan and India and poses continual security challenges for the United States and the international community. There is little reason to be optimistic that this issue will be resolved any time soon. | 
