NEW DELHI: India made a dramatic U-turn in its Kashmir policy yesterday, saying its number two leader would hold talks with the Kashmiri separatists it has shunned, prosecuted and tried to discredit for 13 years.
The separatists welcomed the announcement but did not immediately agree to the talks and no date for them was mentioned.
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