Omar Abdullah slams Centre for ‘non-official’ talks with Taliban

Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday slammed the Centre for talks with the Taliban at a non-official level while not doing the same by engaging with the Kashmiri separatist leadership.

“If ‘non-official’ participation in a dialogue that includes the Taliban is acceptable to the Modi government why not a ‘non-official’ dialogue with non-mainstream stakeholders in J&K? Why not a ‘non-official’ dialogue centred around J&K’s eroded autonomy and its restoration?” he asked on Twitter. India on Thursday confirmed that it will attend, albeit at a non-official level, a multilateral meeting in Moscow on Afghanistan on Friday where the Afghan Taliban will also be present. (IANS)

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