Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, May 25: An apex body of former militants today pitched for peaceful solution of Kashmir issue while it strongly denounced killings of both combatants and civilians
Addressing a press conference in Barmulla town, Ex-Militants Welfare Association said they, after realizing importance of dialogue, left the path of militancy. The former militants said that they stand against terrorism and condemn the killings of security men as well as militants. “We also condemn the killings of commoners,” they said.
The ex-militants said that they want to live a peaceful life and demanded an end to ongoing unrest in Kashmir. “Kashmir should be resolved through peaceful dialogue,” they said, adding that they had picked up guns for the solution of Kashmir. The former militants also demanded that a sympathetic attention should be paid towards them and the orphans and widows of militants.