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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Why the US decision on Syed Salahuddin is a big blow to Pakistan's Kashmir agenda

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DIPANJAN ROY CHAUDHURY

Under Salahuddin's tenure as senior HM leader, HM has claimed responsibility for several attacks, including the April 2014 explosives attack in J&K.
Under Salahuddin's tenure as senior HM leader, HM has claimed responsibility for several attacks, including the April 2014 explosives attack in J&K. 

NEW DELHI: The US decision to designate Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin as global terrorist was driven by a political understanding at the highest level to back the Indian line on the current Kashmir unrest, and reject Pakistan's diplomatic onslaught built around Burhan Wani's killing. 

A highly placed official involved in these conversations with the US told ET that since Wani was from the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) cadre, India was keen that a message must go down to Islamabad. that Washington made no distinction among terror groups and saw HM cadre in the same light as Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed. 

Pakistan had mounted a major diplomatic offensive after Wani's killing last year, lobbying the US and other members of the P-5 to view the incident as a case of Indian military excess and human rights abuse. "There were many other terrorists but it was for a reason we went for Salahuddin and Hizbul," a senior official told ET. 



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