Within months, however, Musharraf had conducted a coup against the hapless Nawaz Sharif, and a year later declared himself president, a title meant to enhance his stature when he visited India for peace talks in July 2001. But Musharraf had come to power as the patron of the jihadi s his army was financing, equipping, and training for their forays into Indian territory, and few in New Delhi thought genuine peace could be made with such a duplicitous man.
但是在几个月内，穆沙拉夫主导了军事政变，推翻了软弱无力的沙里夫总理。一年以后他自立为总统，目的在于当他在2001年7月访问印度进行和平会谈的时候提升自己的地位。但是穆沙拉夫掌权是圣战者的保护人，其军队为这些圣战者提供资助和装备，并且训练他们以便入侵印度领土。印度几乎没人认为与这样一个狡诈的人可以实现真正的和平。