Pakistani FM highlights plight of Kashmiris at DC event

WASHINGTON

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi used an event Thursday hosted by a think tank in Washington, D.C. to call attention to the plight of the Kashmiri people, who have been under severe restrictions for the past several months.

Speaking at a discussion held by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Qureshi said India has been seeking to break the will of Kashmiris by imprisoning them in their homes and imposing a communications blockade.

“Thousands of Kashmiris, particularly young boys, have been imprisoned, tortured. Even children as young as nine have not been spared,” he said.

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