Syed Salahuddin, the top commander of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, the biggest Kashmiri militant group, is photographed during an interview with Reuters in Rawalpindi near Pakistan's capital Islamabad February 11, 2010. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan came out in defence of militants fighting Indian security forces in Kashmir on Tuesday, saying it was a legitimate struggle for freedom, after the United States put the head of one of the groups on its list of global terrorists.
The U.S. State Department's designation of Syed Salahuddin, the head of the Hizbul Mujahideen militant group based in Pakistan, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist was unjustified, Pakistan's foreign office said.
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