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The Diplomat
April 4, 2018
Pro-freedom groups have called for a four-day shutdown in Kashmir to protest against the killings of Kashmiris by Indian forces and the government has announced the curfew in parts of the valley. In south Kashmir, villages have increasingly turned into rebel strongholds following the killing of a popularÃâà...
Livemint
April 4, 2018
An Indian paramilitary trooper stands guard next to closed shops on the second day of a strike called by Kashmiri separatists in reaction to recent killings ... 13 militants, intelligence officials on Tuesday warned of a major realignment within militant groups in Jammu and Kashmir, with the upcoming summerÃâà...
Brighter Kashmir
April 4, 2018
Two days after security forces killed 13 militants, intelligence officials on Tuesday warned of a major realignment within militant groups in Jammu and ... Hizbul Mujahideen was struggling to hold ground in Kashmir, with the group losing six mlitants in Sunday's encounter in Kashmir's Shopian district.
CNN
April 3, 2018
Militant cells in Kashmir benefit from widespread support among young Kashmiri men. On several occasions in recent months, hundreds of them have pelted security forces with stones in an effort to shield militants. The situation has been exacerbated by the lack of any political progress on Kashmir's future.
WAMU 88.5
April 3, 2018
Kashmiri protesters engulfed in tear-gas face down Indian paramilitary troops during a demonstration Sunday against the killing of rebels in Srinagar, ... and dozens of others injured — including at the sites of the raids, where some protesters threw rocks at the troops in apparent support for the militants.
TRT World
April 2, 2018
An Indian police officer stands guard as a girl peeps from the window of her house, after Kashmiri resistance groups called for a day-long strike against the recent killings in Kashmir, in downtown Srinagar April 2, 2018. (Reuters). A security clampdown and a strike sponsored by pro-Independence groupsÃâà...
goskagit.com
April 1, 2018
At least eight rebels have been killed in fighting with Indian troops in disputed Kashmir, triggering a new round of anti-India protests and clashes, officials .... While eight of the dead militants were identified as local cadres of Kashmir's largest rebel group, Hizbul Mujahideen, troops were still clearing off theÃâà...
Miami Herald
April 1, 2018
No rebel group fighting against Indian rule immediately issued any statement about Sunday's fighting. As the fighting raged, anti-India protests erupted in several villages in southern Kashmir in solidarity with the rebels. Many protesters also tried to march to the gunbattle sites to help the trapped militantsÃâà...
New York Times
March 2, 2018
But the recent gray-listing is explicitly focused on two groups that the United States says are linked to terrorism against India The groups, Jamaat-ud-Dawa and Falah-e-Insaniyat — suspected of being fronts for Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks — operated openly until theÃâà...
Gulf Today
March 2, 2018
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's military says Indian troops have killed two Pakistani soldiers in the latest "unprovoked" fire in the region of Kashmir. ... Quetta is the capital of Baluchistan province, the scene of a low-level insurgency by Baloch separatist groups that demand a greater share of the province'sÃâà...
The Tribune
March 2, 2018
In both anti-insurgency operations last week at Hajin in Bandipora district of north Kashmir, militants managed to escape taking advantage of darkness. After a brief exchange of fire, youth clashed with security forces to disrupt the operations and helping nearly five militants involved in both operationsÃâà...
Pakistan Today
February 28, 2018
NEW DELHI: The Indian government on Tuesday sought to downplay the issue of the presence of the Islamic State (IS) in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK), saying the militant group had no existence in the disputed state. “There is no physical infrastructure or manpower of the IS in Kashmir. It does not exist in theÃâà...
ABC News
February 13, 2018
Kashmir is divided between India and archrival Pakistan. Both claim the region in its entirety. Several militant groups have been fighting for Kashmir's independence from India or its merger with Pakistan since 1989. Around 70,000 people have been killed in the uprising and the ensuing Indian militaryÃâà...
New York Times
February 11, 2018
It was one of the deadliest attacks on the army in recent years, and Indian officials quickly blamed a Pakistan-based militant group. The target of the attack early Saturday was the sprawling base of the army's 36th Brigade, which houses more than 3,500 troops, including those of the Jammu and KashmirÃâà...
Arab News
February 6, 2018
SRINAGAR, India: Two gunmen opened fire Tuesday in a hospital in India-administered Kashmir where a Pakistani militant was brought for treatment, ... The Pakistan-based militant group is active in Indian Kashmir, regularly staging armed assaults on the roughly half a million Indian soldiers deployed toÃâà...
The Tribune
December 31, 1999
Earlier in the day, a policeman was killed in a militant attack on a police post at Kashmir's most revered Sufi shrine of Sheikh Nooruddin Noorani at ... The shrine was burnt down in 1995 during a three-month siege after a group of militants led by Pakistani militant commander Mast Gul took shelter inside.
Business Standard
December 31, 1999
Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu & Kashmir Police personnel takes position near the building close to CRPF camp at Karra Nagar in Srinagar. (PTI Photo) ... On 6 February, militants had killed two policemen escorting a 22-year-old LeT militant at a Srinagar hospital. The militants were able to freeÃâà...
