by SHAHEEN MALIK
Poonch, May 14: Muhammad Ashraf, a thirty-year-old militant from Budgam, had little idea about Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s amnesty plan for PaK-based militants when army nabbed him along with his Pakistani wife while crossing over to Indian administered Kashmir via Sawjian section of LoC in Poonch.
Ashraf had crossed over to Pakistani administration Kashmir in 1997 where he was staying in the Khacharban training camp after undergoing a prolonged training course in handling of arms and guerilla warfare. During his stay in Khacharban, Ashraf fell for Asma, daughter of a local elder Muhammad Subhan.
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