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The opportunity in Kashmir: Hurriyat leaders condemns the Amarnath attack
Context
- The new development post the Amarnath attack has been that the separatists of the Hurriyat came out to condemn the killings.
- The Hurriyat leaders have put their names out publicly for their opposition to the attack on the pilgrims to Amarnath to be known.
Difference between the Hurriyat and the Jihadists
- Hurriyat are Indian people; the jihadists are not.
- The Jihadists are outsiders, if not from across the borders. Jihadists pledge no loyalty to Kashmir or India.
- The Hurriyat on the other hand care for Kashmir. They do not want to break up from India.
- The rupture between the jihadists and the Hurriyat needs to be seized upon by the government.
