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Adding to the tension is the separatist insurgency, and the Indian military's counter-insurgency, that have destabilized India-administered Kashmir since the late 1980s and left tens of thousands dead, including about 20 on April 1. New Delhi regularly accuses Pakistan of stirring up this movement, which ...
The brutal gang rape and murder of an eight-year old girl has sparked outrage and anger across India. The body of Asifa Bano, who belonged to a Muslim nomadic tribe, was found in a forest on 17 January near Kathua city of Indian-administered Kashmir. The story made headlines this week when Hindu ...

The latest erupted at the start of April, when Indian troops gunned down 13 armed fighters, as calls for ending Indian rule in occupied Kashmir continue, reports Umar Lateef Misgar.
Indian police officers were allegedly involved in an attempt to cover up a gang-rape and killing of an eight-year old Muslim girl in a temple in the Indian-administered Kashmir in January, according to a charge sheet filed by police. The abduction, rape and killing of the Bakherwal girl named Asifa Bano in the ...
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir - Violent clashes have erupted between protesting students and Indian police across the city of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir. Indian security forces fired tear gas at demonstrators on Thursday as they were protesting against the recent killings of 20 people, ...
India-administered Kashmir is under a state of heightened security, after the local government imposed a curfew in the capital Srinagar and other parts of the valley. Kashmiri separatists called a strike on Monday in protest of clashes that killed at least 20 people and left 200 injured. At least 13 rebels and ...

On the morning of April 1, people in India-administered Kashmir woke up to violence. The Indian security forces gunned down 13 rebels and four civilians, triggering a wave of protests across the disputed region. Accused of using one of the slain civilians as a human shield, the Indian army claimed that the ...
(CNN) Indian-administered Kashmir is again in the grip of deadly violence, following a series of raids by Indian security forces against militant groups ... domestic militant groups, demanding either independence for Kashmir or for the area to become part of Pakistan, have fought Indian security forces. Now ...
The Indian-administered Kashmir remains shut a day after deadly protests and fierce fighting killed 20 people, most of them rebels. The region is at the center of dispute ... At least 13 rebels and three Indian army soldiers were killed in fierce gunbattles in southern Kashmir on Sunday. Four civilians were killed and dozens ...
A security clampdown and a strike sponsored by pro-Independence groups shut down most of India-administered Kashmir on Monday, a day after deadly protests and fierce fighting killed 16 combatants and four civilians and wounded over 100 people. Armed police and paramilitary soldiers in riot gear ...
Deadly protests against Indian rule erupted in several parts of India-administered Kashmir on Sunday following the killings of at least 13 suspected rebels in fighting with Indian troops, officials said. At least three army soldiers and four civilians were also killed in the fighting and subsequent protests.
Deadly protests against Indian rule erupted in several parts of India-administered Kashmir on Sunday following the killings of at least eight suspected rebels in fighting with Indian troops, officials said. At least two army soldiers and two civilians were also killed in the fighting and subsequent protests.
Authorities have also clamped a curfew in the old parts of Kashmir's main city of Srinagar, the urban center of protests and clashes against Indian rule. India and Pakistan each administer part of Kashmir, but both claim the territory in its entirety. Rebels have been fighting against Indian rule since 1989.
At least 20 people are dead and 70 injured in Indian-administered Kashmir after fierce clashes between militants and government forces on Sunday. Four civilians were killed when police opened fire on stone-throwing demonstrators, AFP news agency reports. Officials in Kashmir say this is the restive ...
(CNN) Violent clashes between the Indian military and armed separatist militants in the Indian-administered Kashmir state on Sunday killed at least ... "Indian security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Kashmir's Shopian district early Sunday," Deputy Police Superintendent Yasir Qadri said.
Security restrictions and a strike has shut down most of Indian-administered Kashmir, after clashes between militants and government forces killed at least 20 people. Shops and businesses were closed in most parts of the restive region on April 2 after separatist leaders fighting against Indian rule called for ...
Twenty people have been killed in India-administered Kashmir in some of the fiercest fighting this year in the restive Himalayan region, police said on Sunday, as authorities braced for more violence. A total of three Indian soldiers and 13 suspected militants died in several clashes south of Srinagar, the ...

Deadly protests against Indian rule erupted in several parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir on Sunday following the killings of several suspected militants during gun battles with government forces, officials said. A total of three Indian soldiers and 13 rebels died in the worst day of violence so far this year as clashes erupted in ...
Separatists in Indian-administered Kashmir called for a shutdown Monday in the strife-torn state to protest deadly clashes with security forces the day before that killed 13 rebels, four civilians and three soldiers. Security has been increased in the region, ahead of more expected skirmishes. Schools and ...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday condemned Indian forces' armed aggression taking 20 lives of Kashmiri youth in Indian Held Kashmir. A press release was issued by the Foreign Office (FO) that referred to the reports regarding continuous use of brute force by the Indian forces, with the deplorable use of ...
At least 4 civilians are dead and 70 others are injured following clashes between anti-government protestors and Indian troops in the disputed region of Kashmir. The violence ... Muslim separatists in Indian-administered Kashmir have been fighting since 1989 for independence or a merger with Pakistan.
Businesses were closed and curfew-like restrictions were in place in Indian-administered Kashmir after clashes between militants and government forces left at least 20 people dead. Additional troops were deployed in the main city of Srinagar and other towns, and barricades were installed to prevent ...
SRINAGAR, India (AP) -- A security clampdown and a strike sponsored by separatists fighting against Indian rule shut down most of Indian-administered Kashmir on Monday, a day after deadly protests and fierce fighting killed 16 combatants and four civilians. Armed police and paramilitary soldiers in riot ...
Authorities said 20 people died during clashes in India-administered Kashmir over the weekend, in the latest eruption of violence in the restive border region. Three Indian soldiers and 13 suspected militants were killed in a series of clashes near the city of Srinagar, Agence France-Presse reports.
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir - Glamorising the use of "human shields" by the army in Indian-administered Kashmir, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) official in India is selling T-shirts online showing the infamous scene of an Indian army jeep with a human shield tied to the front that has created ...
JAMMU, India (AFP) – Five members of a single family were killed yesterday when a mortar bomb fired by Pakistani soldiers landed on their home in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said. The incident happened in the southern Poonch sector in the disputed Himalayan region. Police said a 35-year-old ...
The US$57 billion CPEC passes through Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, which is claimed by India. “We don't have a problem with the rest of the Belt and Road,” he said. “We have a major problem on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor because we believe it violates our sovereignty ...
Scores of families in Pakistan-administered Kashmir are still fighting to prove they own property lost more than 70 years ago when British India was partitioned. Jiwan Singh's family once owned more than eight acres of land along the river in the city of Muzaffarabad, as well as more than twice that in a ...
JAMMU, India (AFP) - Five members of a single family were killed on Sunday (March 18) when a mortar bomb fired by Pakistani soldiers landed on their home in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said. The incident happened in the southern Poonch sector in the disputed Himalayan region. Police said a ...
The three-time Jammu and Kashmir chief minister made the remarks while speaking at Zee India Conclave on Saturday. ... National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said India cannot take Pakistan-administered Kashmir back from the neighbouring country. The three-time Jammu and ...
The deaths of three suspected rebel fighters in Indian-administered Kashmir has provoked protests at their funerals. Police have imposed a curfew in some parts of the main city of Srinagar and have shut down schools and businesses. Al Jazeera's Priyanka Gupta reports. Asia · India · War & Conflict.
Shopian, Indian-administered Kashmir - When darkness descends on the quiet villages of Shopian, everything falls silent. But Sunday evening was different. A quick rattle of gunfire echoed through Pahnoo village in Shopian, a southern Kashmir district that has witnessed increasing violence in recent ...
Srinagar, India-administered Kashmir - At around 6:30am on January 20, 1994, the Indian Army cordoned off the Barzulla Baghat locality in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir. An announcement was made from the parapet of a nearby mosque, asking men to assemble at a ground ...
Indian authorities on Monday shut schools and suspended internet services across swathes of the Kashmir Valley under their control after soldiers killed at least six people including four alleged civilians in the restive region. Army spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said a military checkpoint came under fire ...
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir - Hundreds of residents have fled their homes along the border following an escalation of cross-border attacks between India and Pakistan. Nasir Ahmad Naqash, deputy commissioner of northern Baramulla district, told Al Jazeera ceasefire violations have intensified ...
Three decades of Bhat's poetic work was consumed by the flames during a two-day-long gun battle between rebels and Indian armed forces at Balhama village of Indian-administered Kashmir. Bhatt, 52, a popular Kashmiri poet, is still in grief, as a lifetime of his work, most of it unpublished, was destroyed in ...
Pulwama, Indian-administered Kashmir - A photojournalist in Indian-administered Kashmir has been released on bail after spending more than six months in jail on charges of "waging war against India" and "stone throwing". Kamran Yusuf returned to his hometown on Thursday after a court in the Indian ...


 

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