The respected journal Foreign Affairs has published an excellent article by Fahad Shah entitled 'How the Clash in Kashmir Moved Abroad'. It looks at the early history of the JKLF in the UK - and particularly the leading roles of Amanullah Khan and Nazir ul Haq - and the abduction and killing of the Indian diplomat Ravindra Mhatra in 1984 and its consequences.
The article also looks at the heyday of JKLF actvity in Britain in the early 1990s, its subsequent decline, and signs that it is once again regrouping. There are now six MPs of Kashmiri origin (though Shah doesnt mention this, none are apparently from the Kashmir Valley tracing their roots to Pakistan Kashmir). Shah's conclusion is that young Kashmiris in Britain are less connected with and involved in separatism than a generation ago.
Here's the link to Fahad Shah's article https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/kashmir/2016-08-03/how-clash-kashmir-moved-abroad - and you can see a list of recent articles in Foreign Affairs about Kashmir here https://www.foreignaffairs.com/regions/kashmir
The article also looks at the heyday of JKLF actvity in Britain in the early 1990s, its subsequent decline, and signs that it is once again regrouping. There are now six MPs of Kashmiri origin (though Shah doesnt mention this, none are apparently from the Kashmir Valley tracing their roots to Pakistan Kashmir). Shah's conclusion is that young Kashmiris in Britain are less connected with and involved in separatism than a generation ago.
Here's the link to Fahad Shah's article https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/kashmir/2016-08-03/how-clash-kashmir-moved-abroad - and you can see a list of recent articles in Foreign Affairs about Kashmir here https://www.foreignaffairs.com/regions/kashmir
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