Ajit Doval On Kashmiris

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Tuesday said that the people of Kashmir are no more in the favour of Pakistan and terrorism.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, who is camping in Jammu and Kashmir amid a lockdown over centre's decision to scrap special status to the state, was on Saturday seen enquiring about sheep from a cattle trader in South Kashmir's Anantnag.

Visuals of National Security Adviser Ajit Doval chatting with Kashmiris in Shopian and sharing a meal with them on the streets were a set-up, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad alleged today, provoking condemnation and demands from the ruling BJP that he apologise immediately.

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval was seen chatting with locals in the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday in visuals that emerged in the middle of a continuing lockdown to head off any backlash over the centre's decision to strip Jammu and Kashmir of special status and split it into two Union Territories.

India today said Pakistan's National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz was welcome but talks must only be on terror and Kashmiri separatists must not be made a third party. Pakistan has to give an assurance by tonight or talks are off, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj declared.

If Kashmiri separatists travel to the capital to meet Pakistan's Sartaj Aziz, scheduled to visit for talks with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, they could be detained on arrival at the Delhi airport, government sources have said.

Crucial talks between India and Pakistan are precariously placed with both sides taking extreme positions on whether the agenda can include Kashmir and whether separatists from the state can meet with Sartaj Aziz, who is scheduled to hold talks with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.

Talks between the Indian and Pakistani National Security Advisers on the weekend appeared to be in deep trouble on Friday as the two countries exchanged hard rhetoric. Islamabad has asserted that it will not cancel a meeting with Kashmiri separatists despite India emphasizing that it would be a deal-breaker.

Kashmiri separatists were placed under house arrest and released within two hours on Thursday as the government sent out a strong message that it would not allow them to meet with Pakistan's Sartaj Aziz, who is arriving in India for talks on Sunday. "If Sartaj Aziz wants to call off talks, so be it," sources told NDTV. Pakistan has firmly refused t...

India is opposed to any meeting, sources said, between Kashmiri separatists and Pakistan's National Security Advisor or NSA Sartaz Aziz, who is scheduled to arrive in Delhi on Sunday to hold talks on terror with his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval.

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday ridiculed the government for placing three Kashmiri separatists under house arrest this morning and releasing them soon after, ahead of National Security Advisor-level talks between India and Pakistan.

In a move that telegraphed confusion on a crucial issue, Kashmiri separatists invited to meet Pakistan's Sartaj Aziz on Sunday were placed under house arrest and then freed around two hours later on Thursday.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Tuesday said that the people of Kashmir are no more in the favour of Pakistan and terrorism.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, who is camping in Jammu and Kashmir amid a lockdown over centre's decision to scrap special status to the state, was on Saturday seen enquiring about sheep from a cattle trader in South Kashmir's Anantnag.

Visuals of National Security Adviser Ajit Doval chatting with Kashmiris in Shopian and sharing a meal with them on the streets were a set-up, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad alleged today, provoking condemnation and demands from the ruling BJP that he apologise immediately.

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval was seen chatting with locals in the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday in visuals that emerged in the middle of a continuing lockdown to head off any backlash over the centre's decision to strip Jammu and Kashmir of special status and split it into two Union Territories.

India today said Pakistan's National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz was welcome but talks must only be on terror and Kashmiri separatists must not be made a third party. Pakistan has to give an assurance by tonight or talks are off, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj declared.

If Kashmiri separatists travel to the capital to meet Pakistan's Sartaj Aziz, scheduled to visit for talks with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, they could be detained on arrival at the Delhi airport, government sources have said.

Crucial talks between India and Pakistan are precariously placed with both sides taking extreme positions on whether the agenda can include Kashmir and whether separatists from the state can meet with Sartaj Aziz, who is scheduled to hold talks with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.

Talks between the Indian and Pakistani National Security Advisers on the weekend appeared to be in deep trouble on Friday as the two countries exchanged hard rhetoric. Islamabad has asserted that it will not cancel a meeting with Kashmiri separatists despite India emphasizing that it would be a deal-breaker.

Kashmiri separatists were placed under house arrest and released within two hours on Thursday as the government sent out a strong message that it would not allow them to meet with Pakistan's Sartaj Aziz, who is arriving in India for talks on Sunday. "If Sartaj Aziz wants to call off talks, so be it," sources told NDTV. Pakistan has firmly refused t...

India is opposed to any meeting, sources said, between Kashmiri separatists and Pakistan's National Security Advisor or NSA Sartaz Aziz, who is scheduled to arrive in Delhi on Sunday to hold talks on terror with his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval.

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday ridiculed the government for placing three Kashmiri separatists under house arrest this morning and releasing them soon after, ahead of National Security Advisor-level talks between India and Pakistan.

In a move that telegraphed confusion on a crucial issue, Kashmiri separatists invited to meet Pakistan's Sartaj Aziz on Sunday were placed under house arrest and then freed around two hours later on Thursday.