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More about Shiekh Rashid's Jihadi training camp
2005-06-15
Pouncing on Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik's startling revelation that Pakistani information minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed had operated jehadi training camps, New Delhi on Tuesday gave fresh impetus to its charge that Islamabad hadn't taken any action to dismantle infrastructure supporting to terrorism. At a function in Islamabad yesterday, JKLF chief Yasin Malik, who is part of the Hurriyat delegation to Pakistan, asserted that about 3,500 militants were trained at a camp set up by Mr Ahmed when militancy was at its peak.

The JKLF chief's assertions were endorsed by Pakistani TV anchor Hamid Mir, who added that Mr Rashid had set up a militant camp in his sprawling farm house near Fateh Jung, about 50 km from Islamabad. The camp was operational from 1988 to 1990 to train JKLF cadres, Mr Mir explained. According to agency reports, Mr Mir said that Mr Ahmed accompanied JKLF leaders including Yasin Malik to the LoC several times. The existence of the camp was known to many high officials in Islamabad including the then ruling dispensation, he said. Mr Mir said the camp was closed down after 1990 when the Pakistani establishment favoured Hizbul Mujahideen which was supported by the Jamat-e-Islami with whom Rashid did not have good relations.
Posted by:Paul Moloney

#1  Now you reap what you have sown. As if life in Pakiland wasn't bad enough before.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2005-06-15 06:38  

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