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Meet Aasiya Andrabi, the woman Hafiz Saeed calls his sister

Asiya Andrabi (R), chief of the Dukhtaran-e-Milat, a Kashmiri women’s separatist group, speaks during a press conference in Srinagar, 31 July 2007. (ROUF BHAT/AFP/Getty Images)

By: Keerthi Mohan

Asiya Andrabi, the Kashmiri separatist who was recently brought to the Delhi headquarters of the National Investigation Agency, is close to Lashkar-e-Tailba chief Hafiz Saeed and he is known to consider her his sister. But who exactly is Andrabi? The 56-year-old is the chief of the banned Dukhtaran-E-Milat (daughters of the nation) and she is accused of being a key motivator of the students’ protests in Kashmir valley following the death of Burhan Wani in 2016. Andrabi is married to Ashiq Hussain Faktoo, a Hizbul Mujahideen leader who is currently in jail. She has two sons. Her eldest is pursuing MTech…

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