THE CHIEF MINISTER AND THE SPY : An Unlikely Friendship

When the powers that be in Delhi think of Farooq Abdullah they think of former R&AW chief A.S. Dulat too. The Abdullah–Dulat connection – unlikely even dangerous – has shaped Kashmir’s history in ways that few understand. One was India’s top intelligence officer the other its most defiant Kashmiri leader. They should have been enemies. Instead they built a quiet complicated alliance that has outlasted governments betrayals and shadow wars.From the explosion of militancy in the 1990s to the hijac...See More