How a move to end militancy has led to a rise in the number of rebels in Kashmir

The fear of death has not only failed to serve as a deterrent but getting killed at the hands of security forces is now considered glamorous New Delhi’s Kashmir policy of tackling the conflict with iron hands has not just failed in generating desired results, but actually compounded the chaos. Operation All Out, which was supposed to be a master plan to weed out militancy and restore peace, has ended up producing more militants than the ones killed during the year-long offensive in the embattled region. In the middle of…

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