Hizb rejects calls for ceasefire with India
Indian Kashmir's main rebel group on Tuesday rejected calls for a ceasefire in the troubled Himalayan region and instead told militants to prepare for "holy war". Syed Salahuddin, supreme commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, also dismissed the ongoing peace process between South Asian rivals India and Pakistan, which centres on the fate of Kashmir, as "a waste of time." "The need for an organised and massive armed struggle has increased today more than ever and the Kashmiri youth need to prepare themselves for fighting in maximum numbers," Salahuddin told AFP.
Posted by: Fred 2005-06-22 |