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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam India offers talks to defuse Kashmir unrest AFP - Sunday, September 26 Send IM Story Print India offers talks to defuse Kashmir unrest NEW DELHI (AFP) - – India offered Saturday to hold talks with Indian Kashmiris and review the heavy security presence in the troubled Himalayan region to end a deadly wave of separatist civilian unrest. The proposals were part of an eight-point plan put forward by Home Minister P. Chidamabaram after he led an all-party mission to Muslim-majority Indian Kashmir, shaken by violent pro-independence protests almost daily since June. "The government of India will appoint a group of interlocutors under an eminent person to begin the process of a sustained dialogue" with a wide swathe of Kashmiris including political and youth groups, he said. He did not disclose the make-up of the group that will seek to reach out to Kashmiris in a bid to calm the civilian protests, the largest since an armed separatist insurgency erupted in 1989. The announcement marked the first major initiative by the government to end the clashes between stone-throwing crowds and security forces that have killed 107 civilians. Most of those, many in their teens, have died over the past three months in live firing by police and paramilitary troops, while others have been hit by tear-gas shells or rubber bullets. The Congress-led government has been accused in the Indian media of letting the situation spiral out of control. Chidambaram said the state government would be told to immediately free some 255 protesters jailed for pelting stones at security forces. Authorities will also consider reducing the security presence in the heavily militarised Kashmir valley, the hub of separatist sentiment. In particular, Chidambaram said, officials would look at reducing the large number of security checkpoints that are deeply resented by locals. He also said authorities would review the many areas of Kashmir listed as "disturbed", a category that allows application of the detested Armed Forces Special Powers Act giving security forces wide powers to open fire, detain suspects and confiscate property. Rights groups have long pushed for repeal of the act to reduce public anger. "We think these steps should address the concerns of different sections of Jammu and Kashmir, including (those of) the protesters," said Chidambaram. Moderate separatist said they would meet to discuss their response. "It will be discussed in a threadbare manner so we can give our reaction," said veteran separatist leader Yasin Malik. But hardline separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who has orchestrated the protests, said "none of our demands have been considered by government of India and the foremost among those was accepting Jammu and Kashmir as a disputed territory," the Press Trust of India news agency reported. Kashmir is divided between Pakistan and India, which each claim the region in full. The dispute over the region has triggered two of the rival nations' three wars since partition of the subcontinent in 1947. Geelani called the initiative "mere eyewash. While militant violence has fallen to a 20-year low, alienation of ordinary Kashmiris, especially young people, has been stoked by India's massive military presence. They have expressed their anger on social networking sites such as Facebook and by pouring into the streets. Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah welcomed Chidambaram's proposals and promised to hold a meeting in the coming days to "discuss the modalities of reducing the footprints of security forces in cities". The protests were ignited on June 11 by the death of a 17-year-old student hit by a tear-gas shell during a clash with police. Since then the Indian part of Kashmir has been paralysed by demonstrations, strikes and strict curfews imposed to stem the unrest. The unrest has left the government grappling for solutions in the region where it has stationed hundreds of thousands of security personnel to fight the armed insurgency it says is backed by Pakistan. 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