Relations between Washington and Islamabad are always complex and fragile but they are particularly volatile at the moment.

美国和巴基斯坦的关系一直都十分复杂而且不稳定，但是在这个时候，他们的关系则显得更加的不稳定。

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New Delhi has formally requested Islamabad hand over 20 Indians and Pakistanis believed to be in Pakistan.

新德里已正式要求巴基斯坦交出在巴基斯坦境内的20名印度人和巴基斯坦人。

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But now, at last, he seems to have found his man, and that's a major reason intelligence services from Washington to Paris to Islamabad have been acting so jittery of late.

但是现在情况发生了变化，他似乎已经寻觅到了继承人，而这也恰恰是美国、法国、巴基斯坦诸国的情报组织最近再一次开始神经紧张的原因。

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Burns says the territorial dispute is something New Delhi and Islamabad do need to discuss, but with the desires of the Kashmiris in mind.

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The capture of Kasab and Islamabad's admission that he was a Pakistani citizen has helped India bolster its case that the attacks were planned and executed by a terror group based in Pakistan.

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Abbottabad is a two-hour drive from Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, and has a large military presence.

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Kargil proved that New Delhi and Islamabad were both being economical with the truth.

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Some of this may reflect politics, and the often strained relationship between Washington and Islamabad.

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Others hope that bin Laden's demise could remove a historic irritant between Washington and Islamabad.

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