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The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), altogether with its twin centers in Pakistan administered #JK and UK, initiated armed insurgency in the #Kashmir Valley in the mid-1980s with outright support of #ISI.
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The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), altogether with its twin centers in Pakistan administered #JK and UK, initiated armed insurgency in the #Kashmir Valley in the mid-1980s with outright support of #ISI.
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Amanullah Khan the alma mater of #JKLF was originally from Gilgit Baltistan (Pakistan Administered #JK) but settled in UK, executed ISI’s instructions & coordinated an armed insurgency in #Kashmir Valley.
Amanullah Khan the alma mater of #JKLF was originally from Gilgit Baltistan (Pakistan Administered #JK) but settled in UK, executed ISI’s instructions & coordinated an armed insurgency in #Kashmir Valley.
(3/n)Acting under the instructions of ISI, JKLF adopted a two-pronged strategy for activism in the #Kashmir Valley. These were #Kalashnikov & a massive disinformation campaign.
(4/n) #JKLF commanders drew power from #Kalashnikovs that flowed to them from #Pakistani arsenals through their handlers in training camps in Pakistan Administered #JK.
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Using JKLF as its hand tool, ISI made deep inroads into the large diaspora of #POK & in #Kashmir Valley. Many youth in #POK & the Valley were enrolled as activists & contributors to the political formation of #JKLF.
Using JKLF as its hand tool, ISI made deep inroads into the large diaspora of #POK & in #Kashmir Valley. Many youth in #POK & the Valley were enrolled as activists & contributors to the political formation of #JKLF.
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#ISI opened numerous terrorist training camps close to the #LoC where retired #Pakistan Army officers were employed as trainers for the youth from the #Kashmir Valley.
#ISI opened numerous terrorist training camps close to the #LoC where retired #Pakistan Army officers were employed as trainers for the youth from the #Kashmir Valley.
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They received training in fighting tactics and were given arms and ammunition to return/infiltrate into the Indian administered part of #JK for undertaking terrorist and subversive activities.
They received training in fighting tactics and were given arms and ammunition to return/infiltrate into the Indian administered part of #JK for undertaking terrorist and subversive activities.
(8/n)Realizing that the diaspora of #POK could play a crucial role in fomenting armed insurgency in the valley, #Pakistani intelligence agencies also adopted a two pronged strategy.
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People in #Pakistan and #POK were indoctrinated with the concept of Islamic Jihad & the strategy was to whet the lust of the activists in #POK for domination over the entire state of #JK.
People in #Pakistan and #POK were indoctrinated with the concept of Islamic Jihad & the strategy was to whet the lust of the activists in #POK for domination over the entire state of #JK.
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Clandestine crossing of the #LOC by #Kashmiri youth for receiving training & arms in training camps in #POK & the slogan “to Sopore, Kupwara & the other side” was on the lips of Kashmiri youth at that time.
Clandestine crossing of the #LOC by #Kashmiri youth for receiving training & arms in training camps in #POK & the slogan “to Sopore, Kupwara & the other side” was on the lips of Kashmiri youth at that time.
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A number of #Kashmiri youth whose release order from the jail was issued by #Farooq Abdullah were among the first batch of #Kashmiri youth who had crossed over and landed in the terrorist training camps in #POK.
A number of #Kashmiri youth whose release order from the jail was issued by #Farooq Abdullah were among the first batch of #Kashmiri youth who had crossed over and landed in the terrorist training camps in #POK.
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The top four namely Hamid Sheikh, Ashfaq Wani, Javed Mir and #Yasin Malik were the pioneers of the armed #insurgency in the #Valley, with the assignment to begin with decimation of the Pandit community.
The top four namely Hamid Sheikh, Ashfaq Wani, Javed Mir and #Yasin Malik were the pioneers of the armed #insurgency in the #Valley, with the assignment to begin with decimation of the Pandit community.
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ISI sponsored a parallel terrorist group, named #HM resulting in the killing of many #JKLF leaders & activists in the Valley. Nevertheless, #HM carried forward the subversive activities initiated by the #JKLF.
ISI sponsored a parallel terrorist group, named #HM resulting in the killing of many #JKLF leaders & activists in the Valley. Nevertheless, #HM carried forward the subversive activities initiated by the #JKLF.
