ARK is committed to educating the American people and the world about the realities of life in Kashmir, the origins of the conflict, and the reasons it has not been resolved despite 56 years of strife and repression.

The United States is the world's only superpower, and maintains its friendship with all parties involved in the Kashmir conflict. The U.S. is therefore the most logical candidate to exert proper and sufficient influence on these parties to justly resolve the Kashmir conflict and thereby eliminate it as a nuclear flashpoint and a catalyst for terrorism both in South Asia and around the world.

ARK is raising awareness of the importance of Kashmir to the global war on terrorism and to nuclear non-proliferation by bringing the truth about what is happening in Kashmir to the American people. By so doing, pressure can be brought to bear on elected U.S. officials to reject the standing paradigm of U.S. non-involvement with Kashmir, and engage the issue as one vital to America's security and economic interests.

ARK has met personally with many of the officials of the government of Pakistan, including President Musharraf, both in the U.S. and in Pakistan. We have also met many of the officials in the Azad government of Kashmir, including the Prime Minister, President, and Speaker of the House, toured the Line of Control, visited refugee camps and hospitals, and engaged everyday Kashmiris in their shops, in the streets of Muzaffarabad, Chikote, and several other small towns in Kashmir - at our
own expense. In all cases, we discussed at length the history, current status, and future prospects for regarding resolution of the Kashmir conflict.

Three letters have been written to the Embassy of India in Washington, DC seeking access to Indian-occupied Kashmir. After 6 months, there has been no response of any kind to our inquiries.

We have appeared in various printed U.S. and world media, on numerous radio programs, and on television both in the U.S. and abroad. Our ongoing educational efforts include television and radio appearances, lectures at schools and colleges, and correspondence with elected officials in the U.S. A documentary on our trip to Pakistan and Azad Kashmir is under development, and we are also developing a DVD as a medium to bring the realities of Kashmir and its relevance to U.S. security and economic interests to the American people.

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