The US State Department’s designation of Syed Salahuddin, the head of the Hizbul Mujahideen militant group based in Pakistan, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist was unjustified, Pakistan’s foreign office said. A spokesman for Salahuddin, who is based in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, did not answer his handphone. Also Read: US declaration on Syed Salahuddin as global terrorist may choke his fundingTensions have been running high along the de facto border which divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan. Salahuddin’s Hizbul Mujahideen is the biggest militant fighting group Indian forces in Kashmir. Unlike the Lashkar-e- Taiba and other groups operating from Pakistan soil, the Hizb is a largely indigenous Kashmir group.

Source: Mint June 27, 2017 12:56 UTC