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Kashmir

Anantnag encounter marks return of cordon and search operations

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At around 2 am on Friday, security forces began a cordon and search operation in Srigufwara village in the volatile Anantnag district. At 6 am, they zeroed in on a house where four militants believed to be working with the local unit of the Islamic State were trapped, after which an encounter started. Jammu and Kashmir Police officials say four militants, a civilian and a policeman were killed. They stated that among the four militants killed, two were locals. Further, the wife of the civilian who died also sustained a…

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Won’t surrender no matter how tough struggle be: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

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Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday said all the parties who have ruled Kashmir since 1947, have acted as “collaborators” of New Delhi rather than standing up for the rights of the people of J&K. Addressing at the 55th foundation day of Awami Action Committee (AAC) observed as a “day of pledge” at the AAC headquarters, here at Mirwaiz Manzil Rajouri Kadal, he said that the Kashmir movement has witnessed a transition as today our fourth generation is on roads demanding their birthright. “We as a nation won’t…

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LeT launches online magazine, says 2018 will be tough for security forces

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Claiming it was helping the “common man’s struggle”, the magazine goes on to say that Pakistan has “moral and legal” obligation to support the “struggle” in Kashmir, an unfinished agenda of partition. Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), responsible for the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, has scaled up its propaganda in the Valley by launching its online magazine and stating that the year 2018 will be “tough for Indian army and other occupational forces in Kashmir”. The first issue of LeT’s Kashmir-specific online magazine “Wyeth” carried an interview of terror outfit’s spokesperson…

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Soon NSG to be deployed in anti-terror operations in Kashmir Valley

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The elite National Security Guards, popularly known as ‘Black Cats’, are likely to be deployed soon in counter militancy operations in Jammu and Kashmir which was placed under governor’s rule on Wednesday, officials said. They said a team of NSG has been stationed in the Kashmir Valley for quite sometime and is undergoing rigorous training in the outskirts of the city. The state was on Wednesday placed under governor’s rule for the fourth time in the last one decade after the BJP withdrew support to its alliance partner, the PDP,…

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Joint Resistance Leadership writes to UNHRC, seeks setting up of CoI on Kashmir

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The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik on behalf of people of Jammu Kashmir sent a petition to United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) demanding setting up of an independent international Commission of Inquiry (CoI) for holding comprehensive investigation into human rights violations in Kashmir. In a statement issued here, JRL said the petition describes the overall situation of human rights abuses by forces in Kashmir. “These HR violations necessitate establishment of an independent international commission of inquiry”. Citing recent report…

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To retrieve lost ground, BJP to pitch for its core agenda, Amit Shah to visit Jammu on June 23

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After pulling out of the alliance in J&K, the BJP will go back to its core agenda, including the abolition of Article 370 and ending of ‘discrimination’ with the Jammu and Ladakh regions, to regain its lost ground in the state. A senior BJP leader said a campaign to return to the core agenda would start from June 23 when party national president Amit Shah is scheduled to address a function at Jammu to observe the death anniversary of Syama Prasad Mukherjee, the founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the predecessor…

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US Dismissive of Third-Party role on Kashmir Issue

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Chinese Ambassador to India has suggested a trilateral cooperation between India, China and Pakistan under the aegis of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. The Trump administration today appeared to be dismissive of a third-party’s role in resolving the Kashmir dispute and reiterated that it is for India and Pakistan to determine any discussion on the issue. The administration’s response came in the wake of Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui’s suggestion of a trilateral cooperation between India, China and Pakistan under the aegis of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). “Our policy…

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Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein UN human rights chief calls for inquiry panel on Kashmir

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UN high commissioner for human rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has called for setting up an inquiry commission for a comprehensive investigation of the human rights situation in Kashmir. Zeid, who opened the 38th session of the UN Human Rights Council on Monday with a global update on human rights concerns, said he had sought to engage with India and Pakistan over the past two years regarding the situation in Kashmir on both sides of the Line of Control. However, both India and Pakistan refused to give his office “unconditional…

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Under Governor’s rule Kashmir Valley returns to tough security policy

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A Union minister said the government will adopt a more aggressive approach not only inside Kashmir but also along the Line of Control and the International Border as well. Under governor’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir, New Delhi will embark on a hardline security-centric policy with the scaling up of counter-insurgency operations, especially in the four districts of South Kashmir — Shopian, Kulgam, Anantnag and Pulwama — that have become the hotbed of militancy in the last two years, officials familiar with the plan said. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…

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Locals youth ‘Used as Human Shields’ during protest in Pampore

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Residents of Samboora, Pampore, have accused army of harassment a day after a video showed soldiers using a few youth as human shields against a group of youth with whom they had been clashing in the same area. One of the youths told Kashmir Post on the condition of anonymity (as he apprehends reprisals) that they were playing cricket when the soldiers grabbed them by their collars and dragged them to the road, where people had been protesting. Local residents had prevented the forces from carrying out searches in the…

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