Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that Islamabad supported and trained groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in 1990s to carry out militancy in Kashmir. In an interview to a Pakistani news channel on Sunday, Musharraf said, in 1990s, LeT and some other organisations were formed. He said, Pakistan supported and trained them as they were fighting in Kashmir at the cost of their lives.
Former Army Chief was responding to a question about action against LeT’s Hafiz Saeed and Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi. He said, people like Saeed and Lakhvi enjoyed the status of heroes at that time.