With a hint of pride, he calls up a colourful bar chart on a computer, drawing deeply on his cigarette. To the general, the Kashmir conflict is now little more than a proxy war waged by Pakistan. But that's not the way it's seen among many of Kashmir's Muslims. Outside the army's fortified Srinagar headquarters, the city is saturated with edgy security forces. Grenade attacks have become an almost daily occurrence.
Any youngster is regarded as a potential bomber or gunman.
About 50,000 people are estimated to have been killed in a decade of insurgency. In a rundown part of old Srinagar, close to one of the countless army bunkers, two sisters meet and embrace. One wears a burqa, the black veil, the other a colourful scarf. They laugh and kiss. But the story of these two strong-willed women is one of tragedy and struggle.