Tag: Why Kashmir’s militants have become ‘heroes’ again

For the first time in more than 25 years of conflict in Indian-administered Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir police on 18 February issued what would seem like an obvious security advisory – asking people to stay away from battles being fought between armed forces and militants. “(They) should not venture out as they can get hit by stray bullets. Residents are also requested not to come out of their houses or peep out of windows,” a police spokesman said, adding that they had requested village elders and headmen to warn…

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