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| Mehbooba seeks troop pullout from Kashmir |
| 2008-04-02 |
| India should withdraw its troops from Kashmir as the number of militants fighting for independence has declined, prominent Kashmiri leader Mehbooba Mufti said on Tuesday. “The number of militants has reduced, so the army should be withdrawn to the level of 1989,” the Indian member of parliament said in a lecture titled The Peace Process and Kashmir Issue, organised by the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA). She welcomed the Kashmir-specific confidence building measures by Pakistan and India and called for moves to allow a greater movement of people across the Line of Control to reduce tension. She rejected the impression that Pakistan had taken several steps for the resolution of Kashmir issue but that India had not reciprocated them. She said allowing Kashmiris to travel on permits was a major concession by India. |
| Posted by:Fred |