Yes, it was and still is, but as a prelude to inducing the genuinely Kashmiri organisations to enter into a dialogue with the Government of India, but, unfortunately, its subsequent public projection has made it appear as a gesture to Pakistan and as a prelude to the resumption of a dialogue with Pakistan. The military leadership in Pakistan does not appreciate such gestures. Instead, it views them as signs that India is blinking and that Pakistan's policy has started paying dividends.

WHAT IS THE GROUND REALITY IN J & K?

The ground reality in J & K is that the Army of the State of Pakistan has been using the Army of Islam of the Afghan war vintage, consisting of Pakistani groups such as the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HUM), and the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) formed by Maulana Masood Azhar, formerly of the HuM, and of the former East Pakistan vintage such as the Al Badr, to make India bleed and achieve its objectives. These are not pro-Pakistan Kashmiri organisations.

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