Condemning the arrest of youth across Valley particularly in south Kashmir, the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Mahmood Shah today said, “It is strange that while India on the one hand is forcing the freedom fighters to lay down their weapons, but at same moment it is arresting the Hurriyat leaders and spilling the blood of innocent youth.”
“This deceit will not last any longer than now. The counter-attacks by the militants and their support by the public has frustrated the Indian forces so much that they are asking the freedom fighters to lay down their weapons, which in itself is against their code,” the LeT spokesman Dr Abdullah Ghazanwi, in a statement to KNS, quoted Mahmood Shah as having said.
He said, “In reality, India is seeking a safe exit from Jammu Kashmir. Be it the disguise of fake promises of negotiations or the use of barbaric force by Indian Forces, all are nothing but to sabotage the indigenous freedom struggle of Kashmiris. The freedom struggle of Jammu Kashmir is in its decisive stages. The public, Hurriyat leaders and the militant are on the same page which is evident from the statement of Indian Army Chief.” Mahmood Shah has appealed to the human rights organizations to use diplomatic efforts to force Indian government to release Syed Asiya Andarabi, her activists and others.