In the following years , the group started to fragment as ISI pushed foreign extremists into Hizbul . Rivalries developed often leading to violence , and one such incident culminated in the killing of 21 people in a Pakistan administered Kashmir village in 1998 . Several Hizbul members were increasingly displeased with ISI 's manners of treating the Kashmiris and with more militants joining mainstream politics , they were pushed to the sidelines . The Chittisinghpura massacre by the newly introduced Lashkar-e-Taiba is deemed to be a trigger point that Starting April 2000 , there were alleged parleys between Abdul Majid Dar , the Kashmir commander and other top leaders of Hizbul with Research and Analysis Wing ( RAW ) and Intelligence Bureau ( IB ) officials in Delhi and other venues ; that led to the build-up of a ceasefire offer . Offensive counter-insurgency operations against the group were also reduced . On 24 July 2000 , Dar , along with four other Hizb commanders , made an unconditional ceasefire declaration for a span of 3 months , from the outskirts of Srinagar and asserted it to be backed by the consent of the local populace , who were surveyed . Majeed Dar had also apparently visited Pakistan before the announcement for consultations with the HM Central Command . The ceasefire was welcomed and approved in India , near unanimously and was immediately ratified by the Pakistan-based commander Sayeed Salahudeen who until then was against any diplomatic resolution . The Pakistani government soon enough ordered its forward posts on the LOC , to abide by a no-shoot first policy
Chittisinghpura massacre
Chittisinghpura massacre
Hizbul Mujahideen