The largest Kashmiri militant group fighting Indian rule on Saturday derided a peace process between India and Pakistan and said separatists talking with the two governments were gaining nothing. “The fact is that the ongoing dialogue process between India and Pakistan is useless, futile and a waste of time,” Hizbul Mujahideen said in a statement. “Those Kashmiri politicians who have joined this process are not going to get anything except breakfast, tours and media coverage, because India is not sincere in resolving this issue,” the group’s spokesman, Saleem Hashmi, said in the statement.
On Thursday, a local news agency published an interview with Sayed Salahuddin, leader of Hizbul Mujahideen, saying that the group could consider a truce only if India recognised Kashmir as disputed territory and Kashmiris were given a place at the table in peace negotiations. India considers Kashmir an integral part of the country. |