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Pak-based militant groups reject
talks offer

"We had rejected a similar offer made by the Indian government in July last year and there is no question of accepting it now," Hizbul Mujahideen leader Syed Salahuddin said in reaction to the statement by Union Home Minister L K Advani expressing readiness to open talks with these groups.

The Kashmir issue has to be resolved through talks among three parties of the issue and this is the only process through which Kashmiris can secure their right of self-determination, he told reporters in Islamabad.

Salahuddin said his organisation would not 'tolerate' any settlement or deal that compromised the right of self-determination of the people of Kashmir and pledged to continue operations in the Valley.

Amar Mehdi, spokesman of Harkat-ul Mujahideen, said talks would be 'fruitless and futile' if it did not involve Pakistan.

The Al Badr said the dispute can never be settled unless India withdrew its army from Kashmir.

PTI

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