In a March 1997 article titled, The Political Education ofHurriyat (appended as a link here),I described how the efforts of All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) to beconsidered a serious player in the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) politics were atodds with their reluctance to engage in political discussions. In fact,Hurriyat’s political immaturity has cost them considerable goodwill in manyquarters, including from officials of the U.S. government.