In mid-2011, the political situation in Kashmir has undergone a change as fundamental as the one which overtook it in 1989, when militancy erupted. Now militancy is on a steep decline and the leaders of the factions of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference are devising a new strategy in this new situation. Set up in 1993, the APHC, even before it split in 2003, was clueless about an appropriate strategy and tactics.