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Indian paramilitary soldiers patrol a closed market area in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on May 21, 2015.
(AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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Indian border villagers have a meal at a relief camp in Chichi Mata temple in Samba, India, on January 6, 2015. (EPA/Jaipal Singh)
Thousands flee homes in Indian-held Kashmir to escape firing
Srinagar, India, AP—Thousands of villagers in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir have fled their homes because of artillery battles between Indian and Pakistani soldiers along the highly militarized border, officials said Tuesday. Authorities have evacuated more...Caption:
An Indian paramilitary soldier looks on as he obscures the image of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a Bharatiya Janata Party campaign poster , during a curfew in Srinagar on December 8, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/Rouf BHAT)
India’s Modi takes political campaign to Kashmir separatist stronghold
Srinagar, Reuters—Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took his political campaign to the troubled northern state of Jammu and Kashmir, promising jobs and water supplies to win support in a region at the heart of nearly seven decades of hostility with...Caption:
An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier looks through binoculars next to his picket at the border with Pakistan in Suchetgarh, southwest of Jammu on October 22, 2013. (REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta)
India says Pakistani troops attacked border posts
Srinagar, Associated Press—India accused Pakistani troops of firing guns and mortars on at least 50 Indian border posts overnight in disputed Kashmir, calling it the most serious cease-fire violation between the nuclear-armed neighbors in a decade. The attacks began...Caption:
Indian Hindu protestors shout slogans against the state government after rival communities clashed in Kishtwar, in Jammu, India, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. Indian forces imposed an indefinite curfew Friday in a town in the Indian portion of Kashmir after firing tear gas and warning shots to disperse groups of Muslims and Hindus who clashed during Eid celebrations, police said. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)