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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Kashmiris reject Indo-Pak talks* AJK prime minister demands Kashmiris’ inclusion in talks
* Vows to fight India for control of disputed territory
* Salahuddin says jihad only way to deal with IndiaMUZAFFARABAD: Kashmiri political and militant leaders on Tuesday rejected talks between Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna scheduled in Islamabad for Thursday (tomorrow).
Addressing a conference organised by the 17-member United Jihad Council (UJC), Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Farooq Haider said that the talks could be meaningful only if Kashmiris were made part of it. He urged delegates to strengthen the movement and called his government a base camp for the independence movement.
On the occasion, Haider vowed to fight India for control of the disputed territory in a speech to thousands of people assembled by a coalition of banned militant groups. “Let me assure you that every home in Kashmir will become a bunker against India,” he told the gathering in the capital city. He said that Azad Kashmir would become a base for the independence movement.
UJC Chairman Syed Salahuddin, who is also supreme commander of militant Hizbul Mujahideen group, said the red carpet reception to Indian ministers in Islamabad has added to insult to injury for Kashmiris. “We also don’t accept any talks until Kashmiris are made part of it,” he added. “Jihad is the only solution to our problem,” he said.
“We must know that this (jihad) is only way to deal with Indian stubbornness,” he told the gathering. “We will continue our struggle until the last Indian soldier leaves Kashmir,” he said. “It is mandatory for every child in every street to wage war against India to bring it to its knees,” he said, and rejected upcoming talks between the foreign ministers of Pakistan and India.
The Jamaatud Dawa, a banned organisation which is widely seen as a front for the militant Lashkar-e-Tayyaba group, was also represented at the conference. “We are part of independence movement. This is not terrorism but a freedom fight,” said Hafiz Saifullah Mansoor, one of leaders of the Jamaatud Dawa. agencies
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk