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The US State Department’s statement had come just hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington.
“US’ official statement used the phrase ‘Indian- administered Jammu and Kashmir’. How did India accept this?” the Congress leader asked in a tweet.
On Monday, while designating Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, the US State Department said the militant group had claimed responsibility for several attacks, including the April 2014 explosives attack in “Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir”, which injured 17 people.