US in touch with Hurriyat on Kashmir issue
The US might be denying direct mediation in Kashmir, but it has opened diplomatic channels with the All Party Hurriyat Conference headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to resolve the issue. “The US is eager to resolve the issue once and for all. They are again showing interest in Kashmir,” the Mirwaiz told HT. Top US State Department officials got in touch with him when he was in New York in September for a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Countries, a fact confirmed by the Mirwaiz. The officials work in association with Richard Holbrooke, the US’s special representative to Afghanistan-Pakistan....
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