Former President General Pervez Musharraf has admitted that Kashmiris were trained in Pakistan to fight against Indian Army in Kashmir and touted as 'heroes', Times of India reports on November 15. Musharraf said that terrorist like Osama bin Laden and Jalaluddin Haqqani used to be "Pakistani heroes". In an undated interview clip shared by Pakistan politician Farhatullah Babar on November 13 on Twitter, Musharraf can be heard saying, "...In 1979, we had introduced religious militancy in Afghanistan to benefit
Pakistan and to push Soviet out of the country. We brought Mujahideen from all over the world, we trained them, supplied weapons. They were our heroes. Haqqani was our hero. Osama bin Laden was our hero. Then the environment was different but now it is different. Heroes have turned to villains." While talking about unrest in Kashmir, Musharraf said, "... Kashmiris who came to Pakistan received hero reception here. We used to train them and support them. We considered them as Mujahideen who will fight with the Indian Army then various terrorist organisations like Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT] rose in this period. they were our heroes." A 2015 video in which former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf admitted that Kashmiris were “trained” in in his country as mujahideens to fight the Indian Army in Jammu and Kashmir went viral after it was circulated online again, reports Daily Excelsior on November 14.