Dialogue must for ending bloodshed in Jammu and Kashmir, says Farooq Abdullah

National Conference NC president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said India and Pakistan will have to come to the dialogue table if they want to end bloodshed and find lasting peace in Jammu and Kashmir reported news agency PTIThe former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister also said wars did not resolve issues in the past nor will they bring peace in the futureSuch incidents will continue if there is no dialogue We are fools if we think that it violence will stop We will keep losing lives There is no way but dialogue Both countries should give up their stubbornness and hold talks Abdullah told reporters after visiting the family of Humayun Bhat a deputy superintendent of the Jammu and Kashmir Police who was killed in a gunbattle with terrorists in Anantnag reported PTIBhat and two other security officers Colonel Manpreet Singh and Major Ashish Dhonchak were killed in the encounter with terrorists in the Kokernag area of Anantnag district on WednesdayAsked about some Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leaders remarks about taking back Pakistanoccupied Kashmir PoK Abdullah said wars neither resolved issues in the past nor will bring peace in the futureLet them do it Who is stopping them I will not stop If they feel that it will end the problem they should do it Let me make it clear that no issue can be resolved by confrontation Pakistan has fought four wars and the borders are still in place Farooq Abdullah was quoted as saying by PTIAbdullah slammed the BJPled Centre for claiming that terrorism has ended in Jammu and KashmirIt is a big loss for the family and the country You have seen that a colonel and a major have also been killed besides this young DSP There is no doubt that this destruction has been going on for long but I do not see an end to it The government is shouting that terrorism has ended You tell me has it ended he askedReiterating his stand on resumption of dialogue Abdullah cited the example of the Ukraine conflictLook at the situation in Ukraine There is destruction everywhere For establishing peace Russia and Ukraine will have to hold talks he saidAsked if he was advocating holding talks with Pakistan the NC president said The talks will have to be between the two countries that are at loggerheads There is no point talking to me This problem has been there since India became independentReplying to a question about Pakistan fomenting trouble in Jammu and Kashmir Abdullah said the neighbouring country has never accepted the status quoHow does it matter Pakistan has been saying that they do not accept it They throw the UN resolutions at you What will you tell them They are saying we do not accept this decision he addedThe former Union minister said he is not in a position to throw light on where these terrorists are coming from but added that incidents from the recent past indicate that they are highly trained and might be from a country other than PakistanI am neither in the intelligence nor in the government so I cannot say where they come from But they are coming and they are coming fully trained I fear that these foreign terrorists might be from another country they are so well trained he saidAsked if he was hinting at the involvement of Afghans Abdullah said he does not want to point fingers at anyoneThose who need to understand will understand There is a danger an imminent danger We have to face this every day Our people are dying our jawans are dying he saidWith inputs from PTI