India pledges to work hard for peace in Kashmir

India said today it would work hard to achieve peace with Pakistan during a visit by its military ruler but blamed its neighbour for fuelling the Islamic rebellion in the disputed province of Kashmir.

‘‘We believe that we have to move beyond the confines of history and unless India and Pakistan address the future ... we will be causing a great damage to the peoples of our country,’’ Jaswant Singh, India’s foreign and defence minister, told reporters at a news conference in the Indian capital New Delhi.