Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, declared a global terrorist by the US this week, vowed on Saturday to continue his armed struggle against Indian forces to liberate Jammu and Kashmir. “We will not end this fight without liberating Kashmir from India,” Salahuddin, 71, told a news conference in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). He said the Hizbul Mujahideen only targets Indian forces and the Islamic State group and al-Qaeda have no presence in Kashmir. He said Hizbul Mujahideen may consider peace talks with India if Russia or China can guarantee that such parleys would produce results. Read | Pakistan says global terrorist tag on Syed Salahuddin ‘unjustified’, will continue to back Kashmir struggleBefore taking to militancy, Salahuddin contested assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir in 1987.

Source: Hindustan Times July 01, 2017 08:12 UTC