Thread by @JanAli2022

Kashmir: A tale of betrayal
Kashmiris have been under attack from a country with a 1.4 billion population, more than one million strong army equipped with modern weaponry & the legal immunity to be tried for rape & murder.

India has been spending millions of dollars every day on its military, political, diplomatic & psychological campaign against the Kashmiris. It has also been spending millions of dollars on propaganda campaign to demoralise the Kashmiris & mislead the world community.

Apart from this,India has been using Hindu terror groups like RSS & the judiciary to force Kashmiris to surrender to India. In short,a tiny population of Kashmir has been under attack from the Indian state, the Indian Hindu terror groups, the Indian judiciary & the Indian media.

The fact is that that India was not given a matching response,which led to fall of Kashmir in August 2019.
Even after the fall of Kashmir, there was no change in policy. The political elite in #AJK & Pakistan watched Kashmir fall silently & did not go beyond rhetoric.

Let it be clear to everyone that they are not only responsible for territory loss, but also for forcing Kashmiris to confront existential risks.
"Territory can be reclaimed, but a nation cannot."

There has long been a narrative in #Pakistan & #AJK that Kashmiris keep their freedom movement alive by giving their blood.

This is a dangerous narrative bec Kashmiris account for less than 1% of India's total population of 1.4 billion people & are under attack by a million Indian soldiers.

This demonstrates the insensitivity and callousness of the political elites of Azad Kashmir and Pakistan, who knew Kashmiris were being used as cannon fodder.

Following India's attempted annexation of Kashmir in August 2019, the political elites of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir remained silent. This was an indication of their support for Modi's actions in Kashmir.

Even after leaving Kashmiris at the mercy of the Indian army, their rhetoric and ritualistic remarks continued unabated.
They did so for two reasons. 1. They were unwilling to say openly that they had abandoned Kashmiris.

2. They sought to give Kashmiris the false hope that they were still supporting them, so that Kashmiris would continue to die in order to keep India's million soldiers engaged in Kashmir.

The people of IOK are forced to choose b/w the devil & the deep blue sea. This is the time they should reconsider their options. They should cease all contact with the political elites of #AJK & Pakistan,& instead engage in talks with India to help end sufferings of Kashmiris.

They have no other choice.

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