Kashmiris Say They Are Being Used as Pawns
436 views · Published 23 June 2009 · 3:21 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
Two U-S based research institutes (the Program on International Policy Attitudes and the WorldPublicOpinion.Org) have conducted a survey in Indian and Pakistani Kashmir regions on what Kashmiris want. The survey, which the groups say is the first of its kind on both sides of the de facto border, shows that Kashmiris feel they are being used by rivals India and Pakistan to advance those countries' agendas. For both India and Pakistan, Kashmir is strategic and has become a matter of prestige over the years. VOA's Ravi Khanna has more.
