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The pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen Wednesday accused various frontline militant groups of having 'exploitative elements within their ranks whose intentions are terrorist in nature'.
In a statement, the Hizbul Mujahideen divisional commander for north Kashmir Abu Ubaidah asked the chief commanders of Lashkar e Tayiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Al-Badr and Harkatul Mujahideen 'to weed out these elements from within their Group'.
"Failing to take action against these elements, the HM has the capacity to take direct action against such elements," he said.
The Hizb is the most prominent local militant outfit. It recently replaced its Valley chief Abdul Majeed Dar with Saiful Islam, asking Dar and other commanders who were replaced to return to base at Muzaffarabad.
Abu Ubaid in a statement to a local agency had alleged that 'a prominent Hizb commander and two girls were gunned down by such elements within the groups'.
Ubaid also charged these elements with "issuing threats to the Hizb cadres in order to intimidate them".
He said, "Our struggle is furtherance of Islam in its true form and will continue till the complete withdrawal of Indian troops from Kashmir."
Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front president Mohammad Yassin Malik said both Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistan President Parvez Musharraf are genuinely interested in peace and stability in the region.
Addressing a press conference after his return to Srinagar from USA, Malik appealed to both the heads of state to resolve the Kashmir dispute since that would lead to permanent peace and stability in the region.
"The international focus is on Kashmir and both countries should realize that it is time to resolve this bloody conflict."
"I believe the international community can be of great help in solving the Kashmir dispute and I believe it is worth it for the international community to get involved, particularly the US which has a role to play since it is having good relations with both India and Pakistan for the first time in history."
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