India - Separatist Convoy Welcomed In Kashmir

(19 Mar 1995) T/I: 10:57:02

A convoy of vehicles carrying food and medicine was allowed into
the beseiged Kashmiri town of Chrar Sharief on Friday (17/3) by
Indian troops who surrounded the town and nearby hamlets on
Wednesday.On the arrival of the convoy -- which was organised by
separatist leaders -- moslem townspeople declared their support for
the Hizbul Mujahideen militia. Shabir Ahmed Shah, a leading
separatist, arrived with the convoy. He was greeted by Mujahideen
commander 'Major' Mast Gul, an Afghan war veteran whose bodyguards
wear black turbans, identical to those worn by Taliban militiamen in
Afghanistan. After the convoy arrived, Sharbir and other
separatist leaders attended prayers and addressed a crowd at a
moslem shrine in Chrar Sharief.

SHOWS:

CHRAR SHARIEF, KASHMIR, INDIA 17/3

0.00 chanting townspeople greet separatist leaders
0.09 cu leaders meeting amidst bodyguards
0.16 guerrillas fire guns in air
0.24 guerrilla loading machine gun
0.27 separatist leaders walking at head of crowd
0.33 armed guerrillas and townspeople walk through streets
0.41 back shot of armed guerrillas
0.49 two guerrillas jump fence and move into position
0.57 lone rebel fighter watching from defensive position

1.05 ENDS

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