Category: Kashmir

Pakistan PM seeks urgent aid for Afghans

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has underlined the need for the delivery of urgent humanitarian aid to the Afghan people. At the end of a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia on Saturday, Sharif issued the call at a meeting with Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha in Makkah. The Prime Minister’s Office in Islamabad said Sharif affirmed […]

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Who Is Telling The Truth About Jammu And Kashmir?

Every year, Pakistan observes Kashmir Solidarity Day (KSD) on Feb. 5 to show its solidarity with Kashmiris and spread its propaganda. Many lies have been spread about Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in the media and at various forums, seminars, and webinars for a long time. The idea of KSD came from Qazi Hussain Ahmed, a radical politician from the Jamaat-e-Islami […]

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Who Is Telling The Truth About Jammu And Kashmir? – OpEd

Every year, Pakistan observes Kashmir Solidarity Day (KSD) on Feb. 5 to show its solidarity with Kashmiris and spread its propaganda. Many lies have been spread about Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in the media and at various forums, seminars, and webinars for a long time. The idea of KSD came from Qazi Hussain Ahmed, a radical politician from the Jamaat-e-Islami […]

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Militants Kill 2 Policemen in Kashmir as Violence Escalates

The clash on Monday came three days after a similar attack on a squad of police officers patrolling streets in northern Kashmir left two of its men dead. Militants fired on a police bus in the Indian region of Kashmir on Monday, killing at least two officers and wounding more than a dozen, the police said, just three days after […]

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Who Are Kashmir’s ‘Hybrid Militants’?

Are “part-time terrorists” on the rise, or is the term used to evade accountability for police abuses? On an evening of November 15, a large contingent of India’s Police, Center Reserve Police Force, and Army set up a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Hyderpora neighborhood of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir. The government forces, as per the Inspector General of […]

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Police raid in Kashmir kills 2 civilians, 2 suspected rebels

Four people have died in Indian-controlled Kashmir after a deadly raid by government forces on alleged militants in the disputed region’s main city, police and families of the victims said Tuesday. The region’s head of police, Vijay Kumar, said that militants “fired indiscriminately” at police and soldiers when they cordoned off a business center Monday night in Srinagar, following a […]

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Kashmir students who cheered for Pakistan booked under terror law

Cases against students of two medical colleges in the region for celebrating Pakistan’s victory over India in the T20 World Cup. Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Police in Indian-administered Kashmir have filed criminal cases under a stringent anti-terror law against the students of two medical colleges in the region for celebrating Pakistan’s victory against India in the T20 World Cup. Pakistan […]

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Explainer: What is behind the recent surge in violence in Indian Kashmir?

A surge in violence in Indian Kashmir in recent weeks, including a spate of militant attacks on civilians and a widespread crackdown by security forces, has left 33 people dead in the heavily militarised region since early October. Kashmir, which is claimed in full by both India and Pakistan but ruled in parts by both countries, has been the site […]

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Four militants, one soldier killed in Kashmir after attacks on civilians

Four militants and a soldier were killed in two separate gun battles in Indian Kashmir on Wednesday, a police officer said, as violence in the disputed region continued following a spate of attacks on civilians. More than 30 people have been killed after a rise in violence in Kashmir in recent weeks, including targeted killings of minority Hindus, Sikhs and […]

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Suspected Militants Kill Five Soldiers in Indian Kashmir: Army

Militants shot dead five soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir on Monday, the army said, stoking tensions in the restive territory following a string of civilian murders. Separately two suspected rebels were shot dead in different incidents, authorities said. Colonel Devendar Anand told AFP that one officer and four soldiers “were killed during a search operation probably by infiltrators” in a mountain […]

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