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Kashmiri separatists go down slain moderate’s path

The last time a separatist leader from Indian Kashmir went to Pakistan and advised militants it was time to end the armed struggle and begin negotiating he was assassinated six months later. Abdul Gani Lone, a senior leader in the All Parties Hurriyat (Freedom) Conference, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, in May 2002 as India and Pakistan came close to a fourth war. Full Story