Intercepts suggest Taliban presence in J&K; Yasin calls for complete demilitarization
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  • Reports noted that the militancy scenario in J and K might change as wireless and satellite intercepts suggested the presence of a group of nearly 15 Taliban militants in the state. Sources indicated that wireless messages of a group of militants holed up at Chowkibal area in Kupwara were intercepted and another such communication was also revealed to have taken place at Lolab area in Kupwara. It was suspected that one group of militants who identified it self as being part of the Taliban crossed the LoC using GPS - enabled maps1.

    The chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Mohammad Yasin Malik asked the central government to take immediate steps for a complete demilitarisation in the state2.

    Both the factions of Hurriyat Conference as well as the JKLF on March 31 offered their unconditional support to the welfare and protection of property including worship places of the migrant Kashmiri Pandit community and urged them to return to the state. JKLF chairman Malik hailed the courage and resilience of non-migrant Pandits who despite all odds preferred to stay in valley and blamed New Delhi for "a deliberate delay in return of Kashmiri Pandit3."

    In other developments, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah stated that the state’s industrial sector had suffered huge financial losses due to the militancy in the valley and stated that his government will do its best to boost the industrial sector. Mr. Abdullah charged that big industrial houses in the past took advantage of the packages and concessions offered by the administration but left midway without contributing to the larger goal of industrialization of the state4.

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