IF what you are saying is accurate (I simply don't know nor do I care- the end result is the same in my opinion) then the issues remains- the Civilian government in Pakistan has no control over specific entities who do not want peace with India so, in that case, what is the point in the talks at all? Lip service for both domestic audiences? Rogue elements or not, the Indian side isn't going to keep taking these hits remain commited to talks. Yes, some will cry, this is exactly what those elements want but if talking to the civlians is clearly so meaningless that such overt provokocations can't be contained by the GoP then it is a lost cause.
I am now of the view that India/US/any other should stop pretending that through being "buddies" or at least "frenemies" with Pakistan that they can influence their internal dynamics. I used think this could be done but I was simply being an idealist, with the internal situation of Pakistan how it is, there simply doesn't seem to be any way to break this talk-violence-talk-repeat cycle between the two.
The trouble with the India-Pakistan issue is that there are too many emotions on both sides. If India decided unilaterally, enough is enough and took a more passive stance to Pakistan and downgraded diplomatic ties- not in a punitive manner, and simply just "exsisted" next to Pakistan going about its own buissnes, not letting itself get drawn into the typical "will it happen? won't it happen?" hype but set a consistent keeping an "arms approach" policy then in the long term you will either have the status quo where it is now or Pakistan is forced to look inwardly, perhaps address some of its issues and try to begin afreash. The incentive being? A now far more prosperous India sat on its doorstep that it can't afford to ignore anymore.
My above prescription isn't going to happen- I know that, but the one part that eventually WILL be the pacifying factor between these two sides is economics. Right now it is what it is, the gap is large but the stage India is at in its devlopment still exposes a lot of areas (poverty and sanitation )many can use to satisify their insecurity regardless of realities. But the gap is going to grow and grow meteorically- there is simply no denying it. At some point the Pakistanis will look at India (and to be fair others in the region like Sri Lanka and perhaps BD) and then their own state of affairs and ask "what exactly is going so wrong for us?" One after one many Pakistanis will start to see through their blinkered their of India, the reality of the progress India has made over them will not be as easily belittled by other inconseqntial factors and the narrative of the "establishment" (whomever you term this to be) of "evil India" being xyz but "pure" Pakistan being a paradise will wear very thin until the internal displeasure of the actions of elements in Pakistan reaches a critical mass and actually start behaving in a logical, value seeking, fashion. No matter what one reads from certain members on here about the likes of Hafiz Saeed being a nobody or hated just as much as any other terrorist is simply not true, the silent majority in Pakistan supports the status quo inside Pakistan.
I'm not saying India is a utopia nor its population free of a vast number of cockroaches BUT the trajactories of the two nations are very, very different and that tells a story in itself. When the Pakistanis start asking "why not us too?" in respect to India's acheivements you wil see a change in the way this entire relationship is framed and the oh so central "K" issue will be forgotten like yesterday's morning toothbrushing.
So you're telling me you don't have any updates on OUR homeland either??