Syed Salahuddin, the head of Hizb-ul Mujahedeen, said the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) had âassumed the shape of a failed organisationâ because it failed to deal with Kashmirâs reality. âThe reason for this failure is that the SAARC wants to create an unrealistically optimistic environment by pushing the realities of history and those on the ground into the background,â said Mr Salahuddin in a written statement from Muzaffarabad. The Hizb-ul Mujahedeen is the largest of about a dozen Islamic militant groups in Kashmir. The summit has brought together Pakistani and Indian leaders and raised hopes for peace on both sides of the divided Kashmir region, a Himalayan region that has been the source of two of the three wars between the two countries.
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âPresident Pervez Musharraf and Indian PM Atal Behari Vajpayee met on Monday and discussed all issues,â said Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed. The meeting between Musharraf and Mr Vajpayee was the first since their talks in India in 2001.
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