New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- The world hailed the Indus Waters Treaty as a diplomatic triumph, yet, ironically, it did little to alleviate the underlying political-military tensions between its signatories. [B]y 1965, India and Pakistan found themselves at war. Pakistan had been emboldened on account of India suffering a painful defeat at the hands of the Chinese troops in 1962. The brief but humiliating four-week war had left Nehru scarred and his leadership shaken. Eager to 'purchase friendship' and push India to the wall, Pakistan found a willing ally in China and signed the 'provisional' Sino-Pakistan Border Agreement of 1963, defining the common boundary between their two territories, followed by the Border Protocol of 1965. Pakistan readil...