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Civilian mistaken as soldier killed in occupied Kashmir
[DAWN] Stone-throwing protesters in India-held Kashmir.jpg "Kashmir") ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... killed a driver of what they thought was a military truck, police said on Monday, as a crippling security lockdown entered its fourth week. The turning of the former Himalayan kingdom of seven million people into a fortress of barricades and barbed wire has not prevented protests and festivities with security forces taking place however. In the latest demonstration on Sunday in Anantnag district protesters hurled stones at a truck that they believed to be a military vehicle. The 42-year-old driver was struck on the head and died, police said. The Press Trust of India news agency said two men had been arrested over the incident. India says no civilian has died from police action since Aug 5. But residents have said three people have been killed. Meanwhile, ...back at the pound, the little lost dog backed into the corner and showed its teeth. And what big teeth they were!... some coppers ‐ sitting outside a shopfront in Srinagar without weapons, riot gear or even clean uniforms ‐ are weighing their allegiances. Thirty Kashmiri coppers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity fearing retribution from their superiors, said they had been sidelined and in some cases disarmed by New Delhi-based authorities since the government downgraded J&K from a state into two federally administered territories. Related: India-held Kashmir: 2017-10-30 Indian National Congress pitch for 'azaadi' in Kashmir an insult to soldiers: Modi India-held Kashmir: 2017-09-26 Pakistan slams India for using photograph gaffe to 'divert attention' from held Kashmir India-held Kashmir: 2017-07-09 5 die in Line of Control shelling Posted by: Fred 2019-08-28 |
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