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Best Time To Move On Jammu and Kashmir

by A S Dulat

Pakistani rhetoric on Kashmir is down and Indo- Pak relations are looking up. What more could the Kashmiris want except peace, a little more space and a level playing field politically to move on unhindered with their lives? But we also know how fragile peace can be in Kashmir; how everything could change almost overnight. As Omar Abdullah admitted while reiterating his demand for withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act at the Chief Ministers conference in Delhi on April 16, the threat to peace was not over. On April 20, even as the removal of CRPF bunkers from Lal Chowk was being celebrated with fanfare, a police officer was shot dead in downtown Srinagar. There are still pockets of militant influence, most notably Sopore where local youth have not given up the gun. Recently, three Kashmiris from Sopore were arrested in Delhi for planning a terrorist strike in the capital — for those who believe that Kashmir is a socio- economic issue, Sopore is a reminder that it is not so because it is not only the most fertile part of the Valley but also the wealthiest. Poverty or affluence has nothing to do with militancy.

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