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Advani ready

for talks with

freedom fighters

NEW DELHI: Indian Home Minister L K Advani has once again expressed his governmentÕs readiness to hold talks with all groups of freedom fighters in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK), reports "All India Radio".

According to the report, Advani, in a statement in Ahmedabad, once again asked the leadership of all groups struggling for the liberation of IHK, to start dialogue with BJP government for the solution of Kashmir issue. Advani, however, refused to offer his comments about the police firing in Anantnag in which eight innocent Kashmiri youths were killed, the report said.ÑAPP