‘Will continue fight against India’

Militant Zakir Musa had threatened to chop off heads of separatists

Militant commander Zakir Musa, who is in the midst of a political controversy after he threatened to chop off the heads of separatist leaders for calling the Kashmir “struggle” a political movement, on Monday, apparently to dispel doubts over his “integrity”, said he would continue to fight against the Indian forces.

He said that India “won’t be allowed to take undue advantage” of the differences that have surfaced over the nature of the separatists’ campaign.

“All mujahideen believe in Sharia and shahadah (martyrdom). We will continue to pursue them,” he said in a short audio uploaded on social media.

He also took a dig at two outfits — Harkat-ul-Mujahideen and hitherto unknown “Kashmiri Taliban” — which had in separate statements declared their support to him. “I haven’t heard about outfits like Harkat-ul-Mujahideen and Kashmiri Taliban. If they exist in Pakistan, I want to tell them that I don’t need support from outfits working under unIslamic regimes. Allah is sufficient for me.”

“If they are intelligence agencies, I want to tell them that you won’t be able to befool us,” he added.

He also thanked Al Qaeda for its “pledge” of “Sharia and Shahadat” during the Afghanistan war.

An alliance of key separatists leaders had last week said that the ongoing “freedom movement” in Kashmir had nothing to do with ISIS and Al Qaedalike organisations.