Kashmir moderates agree to talks
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NEW DELHI (CNN) -- Moderate Kashmiri separatists have accepted an invitation from Indian for talks on the disputed region and have nominated five senior leaders to take part in them, a separatist leader has said.
The moderate All Parties Hurriyat Conference -- a grouping of religious and political parties pushing for Kashmir to separate from India -- is scheduled to meet with Indian officials on January n21.
India's Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani will lead the talks.
Professor Abdul Ghani Bhat, a spokesman for one faction of the Hurriyat, said the talks will be Kashmir-centric and has asked for Kashmiri separatists fighting Indian administration to be included as well.
Meanwhile, a car packed with explosives detonated on a highway in Srinagar Thursday, wounding one Indian paramilitary trooper, according to police sources.
The car was parked on the highway in the Tengpora district of Srinagar, Indian Kashmir's summer capital.
The car bomb exploded as an Indian paramilitary vehicle passed by.
The area around the blast site has been secured and searches are underway for the perpetrators, police said.
