Delhi, India

Bollywood lyricist-scriptwriter Javed Akhtar slammed Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi after the latter raked up a controversy with his ‘Indian-occupied-Kashmir’ comment. 

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An angry Akhtar took to Twitter to criticise Afridi and said that if he really wants to see a peaceful Kashmir, he should ask the Pakistani administration to stop supporting terrorist activities in the Valley.

In a tweet, he wrote: “Dear Afridi, since you want to see a peaceful JK sans any human rights violations could you please see to it that pak terrorists stop infiltrations n pak army stops supporting the separatists by closing down the training camps. It will greatly help in solving the problem.”

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This comes after Afridi tweeted a controversial stance on the state of Kashmir in India. He tweeted: “Appalling and worrisome situation ongoing in the Indian Occupied Kashmir. Innocents being shot down by oppressive regime to clamp voice of self-determination & independence. Wonder where is the @UN & other int bodies & why aren't they making efforts to stop this bloodshed?”

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Soon after Afridi’s comment, many criticised the cricketer. Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir was quoted: “Media called me for reaction on @SAfridiOfficial tweet on OUR Kashmir & @UN. What’s there to say? Afridi is only looking for @UN which in his retarded dictionary means “UNDER NINETEEN” his age bracket. Media can relax, @SAfridiOfficial is celebrating a dismissal off a no- ball!!!.”

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In a major turn of events, the US designated the Milli Muslim League (MML), the political front of Pakistan-based Mumbai attack mastermind-led Jamaat-ud Dawa, as a foreign terrorist organisation. Thus,  seven members of the MML's central leadership body have been designated as foreign terrorists. The US also added Tehreek-e-Azadi-e-Kashmir (TAJK) to the list of terrorist groups. TAJK is said to be a front of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), which according to the Trump administration, continues to operate freely inside Pakistan.

Also, LeT was responsible for the November 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai that killed 166 people, including six Americans.