"Such Incidents Will Continue If....": Farooq Abdullah On Anantnag Encounter

The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister also said wars did not resolve issues in the past nor will they bring peace in the future.

National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said India and Pakistan will have to come to the dialogue table if they want to end bloodshed and find lasting peace in Jammu and Kashmir.

The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister also said wars did not resolve issues in the past nor will they bring peace in the future.

"Such incidents will continue if there is no dialogue. We are fools if we think that it (violence) will stop. We will keep losing lives.... There is no way but dialogue. Both countries should give up their stubbornness and hold talks," Mr Abdullah told reporters here after visiting the family of Humayun Bhat, a deputy superintendent of the Jammu and Kashmir Police who was killed in a gunbattle with terrorists in Anantnag.