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US withdrawal from Afghanistan will have implications in Kashmir, says former JK top cop
The former top cop of Jammu and Kashmir K Rajinder Kumar has said that the US withdrawal from Afghanistan will have an impact on Kashmir as they will feel ’emboldened’.
While delivering a lecture While delivering a lecture on “issues facing Jammu and Kashmir police” at the Pune Union of Working Journalists, Kumar also said that Pakistan has a clear policy regarding Kashmir, unlike India.
He also pointed out that even if 10 percent of the 25000 surrendered militants decide to join back, it would be a big problem.
“Now USA is existing Afghanistan. It has its implications in Kashmir. It is a matter of time that we will be feeling its implications in the Valley. After the US withdrawal, the militants organisations would feel pumped up, emboldened,” he said.
Seeing America’s withdrawal as a “sign of victory”, militant outfits can feel that New Delhi can also be defeated, so there is an urgent need for India to adopt a “clear-cut roadmap” to deal with militancy in Kashmir, he asserted.
The US is planning to withdraw 7,000 troops from Afghanistan. The American troops contribute to training and advising local forces fighting the Taliban and the Islamic State group.
The order came a day after Trump claimed that US has defeated ISIS in Syria and ordered the withdrawal of troops from the country.
