MUZAFFARABAD, PAKISTAN – A Kashmiri militant commander said on Sunday that Pakistan should send troops to protect the people of India-controlled Kashmir if the United Nations does not send peacekeepers, after New Delhi revoked its autonomy last month.
“It’s binding upon the armed forces of Pakistan, the first Islamic nuclear power, to enter India-occupied Kashmir to militarily help the people of the territory,” said Syed Salahuddin, who heads an alliance of over a dozen groups fighting Indian rule in Kashmir.
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