Massive protests in South Kashmir against 21-yr-old militant’s death Basit Rasool Dar, Zakir Rashid, Masiullah Khan and Saifullah Ahangar had two common connections that define them: they were engineering students-turned-militants — one of them still is. It is these young men, and others like them, who are serving as the local face of Kashmir’s militancy that in recent years has gained several hundred recruits. On a foggy morning today, Dar became the latest name on the list of militants killed in gunfights with security forces. He was killed near Bijbehara…
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