Afghanistan in Focus (9): Kashmir’s human rights & political freedom concerns need to be highlighted more

November 15, 2019

I think there should be no doubt that we should all be concerned about the behavior of New Delhi in the Kashmir situation. But I also think that Pakistan leaders are making a mistake about how they drew attention to this. The mistake is not in attempting to draw attention to the conflict, but in the overheated rhetoric focusing on the special status of Kashmir.

Former US Diplomat James Schwemlein while speaking at CRSS-ASC Quadrilateral Dialogue on September 30, 2019.

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Posted by admin - January 28, 2019 0

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Posted by Elsa Imdad - February 28, 2023 0

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