It is wary of Pakistan's attempt to internationalise the Kashmir issue.
It is likely then that the Kashmir issue will dominate discussions between the United States and India to a degree it might not have done before.
But with his visit to both India and Pakistan, Clinton has a chance to nudge the Kashmir issue away from the battlefront and onto the negotiating table.
Pakistan's former foreign secretary Najmuddin Shaikh said even when the Kashmir issue is being discussed, the two sides can try and address other relatively smaller disputes to create a conducive atmosphere.
Indian analysts talk of converting India's military and diplomatic momentum into backing for its favoured resolution to the Kashmir issue: permanent division of the state between India and Pakistan along the line of control.
Had a way been found to fudge the Kashmir issue, much else was ready to be approved: joint action on narcotics, confidence-building measures to reduce tension between the two nuclear-equipped military establishments, oil pipelines, trade and, most important of all, regular annual summits, six-monthly foreign ministers' meetings and a host of the lesser official dialogues that form the normal framework for intercourse between neighbours who are not enemies.
Although the fighting has subsided in Kashmir, the issue remains hypersensitive: the Indian government censors publications, including The Economist, that print maps showing the current effective border.
He added that India would be unwilling to discuss the issue of Jammu and Kashmir with Holbrook and so compelled Obama to remove the issue from Holbrook's portfolio.
It is essential, he says, to solve the core issue of Kashmir, a matter that for now has been left to fester.
Some countries feared this might drag South East Asia into the political and territorial problems of South Asia, particularly the issue of Kashmir.
Still, the explosive issue of Kashmir is on the agenda, and Asiaweek has learned that both sides will probably pull troops out of Kashmir's Siachen Glacier in the Himalayas.
Many Pakistani analysts suspect India of wanting to string Pakistan along, discussing relatively minor disputes, and making progress on improving transport, economic, cultural and other links, while refusing to engage on the core issue of Kashmir.
Kashmir, however, is an issue far closer to most Pakistani hearts than the Taliban ever were.
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The stickiest issue now is the role of Pakistan, which administers a large chunk of Kashmir and backs insurgency on India's side of the state.
India will not negotiate about Kashmir while intruders are on its soil, nor will it accept deadlines for resolving the issue even after they pull out, as Pakistan has also suggested.
But Pakistan says it seeks all of Kashmir, which has a Muslim majority, and India has never seemed willing to move on the autonomy issue.
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