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DATE=7/7/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-251529
TITLE=PAK / MILITANTS (L)
BYLINE=SCOTT ANGER
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  KASHMIRI MILITANT GROUPS WHO ARE BATTLING INDIAN TROOPS 
IN KASHMIR HAVE VOWED TO CONTINUE THEIR FIGHT IN KASHMIR.  AS 
CORRESPONDENT SCOTT ANGER REPORTS, THE DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWS AN 
AGREEMENT BETWEEN ISLAMABAD AND WASHINGTON TO DEFUSE THE CRISIS 
IN THE REGION.
TEXT:  CALLING PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF'S WEEKEND 
AGREEMENT WITH PRESIDENT CLINTON "A STAB IN THE BACK," KASHMIRI 
GUERRILLA LEADER SYED SALAUDDIN SAYS THE GROUPS FIGHTING INDIAN 
SOLDIERS WILL NOT WITHDRAW FROM INDIAN KASHMIR.
                      /// SALAUDDIN ACT ///
         WE WILL NEVER RESPECT THE WASHINGTON DECLARATION 
         (AGREEMENT).  OUR ACTION AGAINST THE INDIAN OCCUPATIONAL
         FORCES IN KARGIL SECTOR WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE LAST 
         DROP OF OUR BLOOD.
                         /// END ACT ///
PRIME MINISTER SHARIF MET SUNDAY WITH PRESIDENT CLINTON IN 
WASHINGTON, WHERE HE AGREED TO USE PAKISTAN'S INFLUENCE TO ASK 
THE MILITANT GROUPS TO WITHDRAW FROM THE FIGHTING THAT BEGAN 
TWO-MONTHS AGO.
IN EARLY MAY, INDIA LAUNCHED A FIERCE MILITARY OPERATION AIMED AT
DRIVING THE ARMED MILITANTS OUT OF THEIR STRATEGIC MOUNTAIN-TOP 
POSITIONS IN INDIAN TERRITORY.  INDIA BLAMES PAKISTAN FOR SENDING
THE MILITANTS ACROSS THE LINE OF CONTROL WHICH DIVIDES KASHMIR 
BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.  
PAKISTANI OFFICIALS DENY INVOLVEMENT, BUT HAVE COME UNDER 
INCREASING INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE TO PULL BACK THE FORCES.
SINCE MR. SHARIF'S MEETING IN WASHINGTON, PAKISTAN HAS PUT 
CONDITIONS ON THE MILITANT'S WITHDRAWAL FROM INDIA'S SIDE OF THE 
BORDER.  PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS THE PULL-OUT OF THE 
MILITANTS WILL BE TIED TO NEW STEPS TAKEN BY THE INTERNATIONAL 
COMMUNITY TO HELP RESOLVE THE 50-YEAR-OLD DISPUTE.  IF NO 
PROGRESS IS MADE, THE FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS THE MILITANTS WILL BE
ENTITLED TO CONTINUE THEIR 10-YEAR STRUGGLE AGAINST INDIAN RULE.
THE MILITARY ACTION HAS RAISED TENSIONS BETWEEN THE 
NUCLEAR-CAPABLE NEIGHBORS TO ITS HIGHEST LEVEL IN 30-YEARS.  THE 
TWO COUNTRIES HAVE ALREADY FOUGHT TWO WARS OVER THE HIMALAYAN 
REGION.   (SIGNED)
NEB/SA/RAE
07-Jul-99 10:08 AM EDT (1408 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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