India 'financed problems' for Pakistan via Afghanistan: Chuck Hagel

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Re: India ‘financed problems’ for Pakistan via Afghanistan: Chuck Hagel

@mufaddal

This is again incorrect, there is not much cultural affinity between the Baloch and the Kashmiri or the Sindhi and the Kashmiri, and very little between the Punjabi and the Kashmiri. Perhaps the Kashmiri’s have a greater cultural affinity with Afghans, and those in POK, but definitely NOT the average Pakistani.

Punjab and Kashmir has had a lot of impact on each other, so much so Allama Iqbal was a Kashmiri. Lahore and Gujranwala have a big Kashmiri diaspora, in case if you dont know Nawaz Sharif himself is a Kashmiri. Having said that, a big proportion of Kashmiris want to become a part of Pakistan or go independent, very few want to remain part of India. The reason being that culturally they consider themselves more closer to Pakistan as compared to an average Indian (including Muslims).