India has been highlighting Pakistan arming and funding terrorism in Kashmir especially when the Kashmir Valley has been in turmoil for a long time and normalcy remained and elusive word. Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised that the world should move beyond the “good terrorism, bad terrorism” debate and block funding, weapons and communication modes of terrorists during his Russian visit. Modi had said, “terrorists don’t manufacture weapons, but some countries supply guns to them; terrorists don’t print currency, but some countries facilitate their financing through money laundering; terrorists don’t own telecommunications system and social media networks, but some countries help them with that.” In this context the Saturday raid by National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 23 places against Hurriyat Conference vindicates India’s stand on external funding to sustain terrorism in Kashmir. It is for the first time since militancy raised its ugly head in early 1990s that a central probe agency has carried out raids in connection with terror funding to separatists which has been used for carrying out subversive activities in the Valley. Earlier in 2002, Income Tax Department had carried out searches against separatist leaders, including Geelani, and seized cash and other documents. However, no criminal case had been registered then. The very fact no separatist leader from the Valley has been named in the FIR registered by the NIA raise some questions on such raids. India has been talking of tough measures to contain the Kashmir terrorism but Pakistan has not budged an inch from its stand as the neighbour has an agenda to keep Kashmir alive as disputed issue and the separatists find it a business to keep the Pak agenda continuing under the garb of religion thus giving political issue a religious colour. One should see no point in continuing to expect any change in neighbour’s behaviour. The dialogue and reconciliation process looks like for Pakistan has no existence as it has been a pawn into the hands of non-state subjects i.e. the terror machine and the army.
