Tag: Kashmir

Daily news – February 8, 2022

News from: Al Jazeera, Astana Times, Atlantic Council, Brookings, Bruegel, Chatham House, CSIS, Defense News, Defense One, East Asia Forum, Foundation for Defense of...

Anxiety in Kashmir as India panel proposes to redraw election map (Rifat Fareed, Al Jazeera)

A controversial proposal to redraw the electoral map of Indian-administered Kashmir has caused anxiety and anger among the region’s Muslims, who say the move...

Six rebels, Indian soldier killed in Kashmir: Police (Al Jazeera)

Government forces in Indian-administered Kashmir have killed six suspected rebels in two incidents overnight, police said, rounding off another bloody year in the disputed territory. “Six militants,...

Suspected rebel killed in fresh Kashmir gun battle (Al Jazeera)

Indian troops have killed a suspected rebel during a gun battle in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials said, as violence escalates in the territory at the heart of decades...

On Human Rights Day, Kashmir rights groups decry India crackdown (Rifat Fareed, Al Jazeera)

On the International Human Rights Day every year, 62-year-old Parveena Ahanger and the families of hundreds of victims of enforced disappearances in Indian-administered Kashmir would gather...

India Responds to New Kashmiri Militant Factions’ Campaign Against Civilians (Animesh Roul, The Jamestown Foundation)

After a period of relative dormancy, India’s restive Kashmir region has been struck by violence again, witnessing an increase in the targeted killings of...

Families bury bodies of Kashmir civilians, shutdown in protest (Al Jazeera)

Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have exhumed the bodies of two civilians and returned them to their families who claim Indian troops used them as...

India to probe Kashmir civilian killings, residents say ‘eyewash’ (Rifat Fareed, Al Jazeera)

Following widespread outrage over the killing of four people, including at least two civilians, in a gun battle in Indian-administered Kashmir, the disputed region’s New...

Five suspected rebels killed in Kashmir amid escalating violence (Rifat Fareed, Al Jazeera)

Five suspected rebels have been killed by Indian forces in the southern district Indian-administered Kashmir, a day after a gunfight in the region triggered...

Civilian shot dead in Kashmir as India’s home minister visits (Rifat Fareed, Al Jazeera)

A 19-year-old civilian has been shot dead in Indian-administered Kashmir in what his family called “cold-blooded murder” by Indian forces. It was the 12th civilian...

Killings trigger fear, memory of dark past among Kashmiri Hindus (Al Jazeera)

A Kashmiri Hindu activist was listening to religious hymns on his cellphone when he was interrupted by a tragic WhatsApp message. It brought news...

What is behind the recent surge in violence in Kashmir? (Al Jazeera)

A surge in violence in Indian-administered Kashmir in recent weeks, including a spate of suspected rebel attacks on civilians and a widespread crackdown by...

Suspected rebels kill five soldiers in Kashmir: Indian army (Al Jazeera)

Suspected rebels have shot dead five soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir in the deadliest incident since February, an Indian army spokesman says. “One JCO (junior commissioned...

Suspected rebels kill three civilians in Kashmir (Al Jazeera)

Assailants have separately shot and killed three men in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said, blaming the rebels fighting against the Indian rule in the disputed...

India/Kashmir. India probes late Kashmir separatist’s family under terror law (Al Jazeera)

Indian paramilitary soldiers guard at a closed market in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir Police in Indian-administered Kashmir have opened a case against the family members...

Kashmir – Two Indian soldiers among several killed in Kashmir gunbattles (Al Jazeera)

Eight suspected rebels and two Indian soldiers have been killed in a series of counterinsurgency operations in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials said. Many shops were shut...