Protests in Kashmir after civilian killed by Indian army
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SRINAGAR: Violent protests erupted in India-held Kashmir on Tuesday after a civilian and a militant were killed in an encounter with the army, officials in the disputed Himalayan region said.
Two men were killed in military operations late on Monday, said Nitish Kumar, a police official. He gave no other details of the encounter, which took place near the southern town of Tral.
Relatives and angry locals disputed that version, saying the civilian was tortured to death. One of the men who was killed was a known militant and the other a civilian who was the brother of a militant, Kumar said.
The body of the civilian, Khaled Muzaffar, had no bullet wounds, said his father, Muzaffar Wani, a local school principal.
He said there were rope marks on his son’s wrists, indicating he had been tortured by security troops.
Police official K. Rajendra said authorities “will get to know the truth” once an autopsy report is released.
The Indian army said only one person — a militant — was killed in the incident. Several phone calls to army officials went unanswered.
Soon after Khaled Muzaffar’s burial on Tuesday, hundreds of rock-throwing protesters took to the streets and clashed with police and paramilitary troops, who retaliated by firing live ammunition in the air as well as tear gas at several places in and around Tral. At least 15 people were injured, police said.
Residents in India-held Kashmir strongly favour a merger with Pakistan or independence. Several militant groups have operated in the region since an insurgency erupted in 1989.
An estimated 68,000 people have died in the fighting and ensuing crackdown by Indian forces. Resentment over Indian rule in the disputed region is now mostly expressed through street protests.
Published in Dawn, April 15th, 2015
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Apr 15, 2015 07:54am
There should be no mercy to militants. Zarb e Ajab is what is needed if situation worsens. There will always be minor collateral damage.
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Apr 15, 2015 08:14am
Remove or repeal Article 370.
Those who want to move to pakistan (including Muslims from other parts of india), please do so. India will give free passage & security so that they could move to pakistan & vice versa!. If 1947 happened when Muslims & Hindus moved to the other / either side, a 2nd migration could be possible / feasable!.
Please pack up & leave!.
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Apr 15, 2015 08:31am
The murder of kashmir continues without respite.
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Apr 15, 2015 08:57am
you clearly forget to mention the reports which were actually confirmed by the villagers that there were actual bullet wounds found on the body....also....the seperatists are a good lot...last year a millitary commander who was shot dead by the militants was being burned in the funeral and her 16 year old daughter was crying ....and outside the good hearted seperatists were celebrating his death in front of his daughter
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Apr 15, 2015 08:58am
I see you are very concerned about safety ,security and wellbeing of kashmiris , so why don't you give them asylum, citizenship,jobs and whatever else you have planned for them in Pakistan and treat them well, India is aggressor and would not care what happens to kashmiris at least you care about them, then show it to the world how differently pakistan treats and how bad India treats them, is land more important for you than people of kashmir your own kith and kin, india is after land and resources of kashmir but you only care about kashmiris welfare.
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Apr 15, 2015 08:58am
India wont stop kashmiris from joining their kinsmen in pakistan they are free to leave whenever they please , dont expect territory as it does not belong to muslims alone other communities too live here or used to live until they were brutally killed or forced to move out , same way it is happening in pakistan for other communities and these communities who were forced out will move back to kashmir and settle here in kashmir under govt protection , those who dont want to stay with india can go out where ever they please.
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Apr 15, 2015 09:21am
there are so many protest in india daily....which is a norm for democracy
raghu
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Apr 15, 2015 09:32am
There's always a grey area which people exploit.
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Apr 15, 2015 09:33am
Pakistan have so many problems.... Palestine, Yemen civil war, Afghanistan establishment, Saudi Arabia, Kashmir, Gujarat, Assam, Myanmar...is Pakistan solve their POLIO cases???
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Apr 15, 2015 09:50am
Residents in India-held Kashmir strongly favour a merger with Pakistan or independence.
Really?
That's Indian land now, these things happen and how thankless they're to forget who protects them from cross border infiltrations. The Indian army nursed them during devastating floods.
Those who are interested to go to Pakistan can migrate happily and can live "independently" there..
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Apr 15, 2015 09:51am
Its India's divine duty to protect misguided people of the Kashmir. People should not be misguided in the name of religion.
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Apr 15, 2015 09:54am
@helloWorld like Indian army does
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Apr 15, 2015 10:20am
700,000 Indian army personnel in J&K.
Surely they are not there for a picnic.
Pretty sure alot more innocents were killed and being framed as militants.
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Apr 15, 2015 10:20am
Sad if an innocent lost his life only due to his relationship with a terrorist. I would also blame terrorist and the people who sympathies them equally responsible, if not more than the security forces.
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Apr 15, 2015 10:33am
@raghu are these protest after killing of innocent civilians always or this is excursively only for Occupied Kashmir By India ?
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Apr 15, 2015 10:37am
I find it tough to sympathise with this young civilian who has lost his life. His own brother was a militant. What he should have done is to hand over his brother to the authorities and informed him about his whereabouts. If he was aware of his brother's whereabouts and still kept quiet about it then it makes him an accomplice and in a way gives the officials the right to deal with him in the same way as these militants and terrorists. The equation for the army while dealing with these terrorists is very simple. Either get killed or kill them.
Here the army men prevailed over the two.
Pakistanis need to understand that the situation is very similar to the one they face because of TTP. The army will have to do everything to defend itself. The family of the civilian is quiet about the fact that the other brother was a militant and what exactly were the two brothers doing together, as the other they claim was not a militant.
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Apr 15, 2015 10:43am
routine in kashmir....
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Apr 15, 2015 10:44am
Where were these protesters when kashmiri policemen were killed by militants? Are they not human beings? They were doing their duty to feed their families.
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Apr 15, 2015 10:51am
if there is no protest , it is not called kashmir
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Apr 15, 2015 11:01am
So good of the Indian Army to give out a name and the body for burial of the militant. Unlike what happens in FATA.
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Apr 15, 2015 11:23am
God bless the Indian army for risking there lives protecting the Kashmiris
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Apr 15, 2015 11:23am
Selective reporting but if it makes Pakistani feel better good for them
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Apr 15, 2015 11:24am
The beauty of Indian democracy, you can protest without being killed or threatened by secret intelligence agencies
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Apr 15, 2015 11:30am
@Koshur aren't there fake encounters in Pakistan, or cross fire, aren't innocents get killed in Pakistan, number of soldiers have been prosecution in India for rights abuses, name one in Pakistan
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Apr 15, 2015 11:37am
@raghu mate.......draconian laws and democracy.....are two different things
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Apr 15, 2015 11:54am
Worry about what happens in Pakistan, daily bombings with artillery and airplans, cities destroyed but no civilians killed?
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Apr 15, 2015 12:00pm
Freedom fighters are not militants. Period!
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Apr 15, 2015 12:02pm
This is internal meater of india not pakistan.
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Apr 15, 2015 12:02pm
Stop killing innocent Kashmiris.
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Apr 15, 2015 12:06pm
What do you expect from BJP/RSS.
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Apr 15, 2015 12:17pm
Good job by security forces...people giving safe heaven to terrorists should think of consequenses...
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Apr 15, 2015 12:32pm
Why would you only cover one part of the story? Include the part on Khaled's younger brother Burhan,who turned a militant when he was a 16-year-old and brought upon his family an endless string of daily raids by the police and the Army and regular detentions.On the day of the incident Khalid and his friends had, in fact, gone to the forest to meet Burhan.
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Apr 15, 2015 12:49pm
One third of India is not under government control, a fact rarely mentioned in the news anywhere. Wake up before your country is destroyed forever.
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Apr 15, 2015 12:50pm
Communal, religious, caste, ethnic and separatist violence kills thousands every year in India. SHAME SHAME SHAME
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Apr 15, 2015 01:00pm
This Issue is getting crazy! Kashmiris who want to move to Pakistan please do so and those who want to stay should be welcome. That's the best solution
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Apr 15, 2015 01:07pm
@aaqib Ya its like Pakistan and India.. Pakistan - draconian laws, India - democracy.
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Apr 15, 2015 01:10pm
@saqib Take care of your country first else soon it will top the list of most failed nation.
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Apr 15, 2015 01:15pm
@saqib even more in Pakistan .......u first Work for ur country before giving advice to India.....
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Apr 15, 2015 01:25pm
@Naxalite
What about Baloch and Pushtun freedom fighters?
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Apr 15, 2015 01:31pm
@Zak yes just like ur tribal areas
its against terrorist not like bolouchistan
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Apr 15, 2015 01:32pm
@saqib realy how u know are you astrologer and where these news are publish except in pakistan wake up call for you come outfeom well bcoz world is more lafger and broader then u think
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Apr 15, 2015 01:38pm
@saqib no
millions r killed happy?
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Apr 15, 2015 01:40pm
@AKB Yes stop killing innocents in Warzaristan/Balouchistan
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Apr 15, 2015 01:41pm
@saqib
"One third of India is not under government control, a fact rarely mentioned in the news anywhere. Wake up before your country is destroyed forever."
Don't confuse India with Pakistan.
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Apr 15, 2015 01:47pm
No Indian newspaper will publish this story..talking about free press. Every story about Kashmir and Pakistan needed an NOC from Indian establishment, and they will give their side of story.
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Apr 15, 2015 01:56pm
@anakin as a fellow indian, i feel ashamed by reading your comments. just becaz a army official is killed in insurgency and his daughter is crying, does not give army a license to kill innocent civilians. their family members are no differnt from those of army or yours. this kind of feeling is setting more resentment among our kashmiri brothers.
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Apr 15, 2015 01:57pm
If Pakistan has guts it should do a impartial plebscite monitored by independent international observers to show India how they resolve issues with people not happy to live under their rule this will be a big slap for india the so called democracy and will also increase the stature of pakistan in world community as a true democractic, liberal nation which not only preaches but practices true humanism. Also pakistan should give true independence to azad kashmir , GB which are part of unified kashmir ,hence making it easy for held kashmir to join them as independent kashmir nation.
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Apr 15, 2015 01:59pm
"Several phone calls to army officials went unanswered"...they have no authority to answer, even if they answer anything would you publish and even after all if you publish would you believe ?"
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Apr 15, 2015 02:01pm
@Abdul - Why "take care of your country first"? But this news is about Kashmir. Stick to the topic.
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Apr 15, 2015 02:08pm
Terrorist are terrorists whether they are in Pakistan or India. Pakistan is flushing them out by operations under Zarb e Ajab, we also flush them out in our territory using similar operations as you do. Why you to make our operations headlines? It seems that you haven't learnt lessons yet and don't blow hot and cold in the same breath.
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Apr 15, 2015 02:09pm
@saqib Don't live in fools paradise.
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Apr 15, 2015 02:09pm
What a joke to me being a Kashmiri myself ..forget about merger with Pakistan even Sudani or Somalian will not think of a merger with Pakistan !
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Apr 15, 2015 02:11pm
@saqib My country's government is a representation of its people. It is elected by the people and led by a man who has a humble beginning and whose leadership skills compete with the best of the Leaders. Your country's government is farce, servile to the Army and led by a feudal Businessman. Tell me, which government is more in control ?
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Apr 15, 2015 02:13pm
@Zak He was not innocent.
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Apr 15, 2015 02:14pm
@N.S
I do not agree with you. Indian press is a free as it can be in a democracy. The issue was reported on all major National news networks along with visuals.
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Apr 15, 2015 02:14pm
@Santosh Menon ..they dont want to move to Pakistan they want india to get out of their land. it is so simple cant you understand and want to get Pakistan involve in it everytime???
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Apr 15, 2015 02:31pm
@Saif Hats off bro! Good one! Appreciate!
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Apr 15, 2015 02:47pm
Recent reports say, about 50,00o Kashmiri families have moved from Pakistan administered Kashmir to Indian side Kashmir, during floods, and the PDP government is making all arrangements for their stay, by giving financial aid.
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Apr 15, 2015 02:52pm
No doubt, Family of suspect does protest. Do you want them not to go for his cremation??
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Apr 15, 2015 02:54pm
@Harmony So you accept that Kashmir is Indian territory?
I bet Dawn doesn't print this.
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Apr 15, 2015 02:55pm
No mercy on militants. They do not think twice when they are killing people. It is high time Indian Kashmiris should stop blaming army for every incident.
Army don't need to be there if there are no militants in Kashmir. Give a genuine chance to live with peace in India and maybe things will change for better.
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Apr 15, 2015 03:19pm
@Dinesh - Is the article about Kashmir Indian or Pakistani? Read the news again - carefully!
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Apr 15, 2015 03:51pm
@Saqib don't throw words in the air, could you please disclose your source.
Btw as many as 5000 people crossed boder while flood to depart from Pak kashmir, "the states PDP govt. is making arrangements" for them now
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Apr 15, 2015 03:58pm
Kashmir belongs to people who are native to that land. Only they get to decide what they want. Neither India nor Pakistan. Why should they migrate leaving their ancestral lands? Why not India and Pakistan respect their wishes?
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Apr 15, 2015 04:05pm
@aaqib - Why don't you apply good laws in Tirah valley.
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Apr 15, 2015 04:40pm
Is this how democratic countries behave?
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Apr 15, 2015 05:12pm
Largest democracy in the world is also largest violator of human rights. Talk of mother of all contradictions and making fool of western world.
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Apr 15, 2015 05:16pm
@N.S It's all over Indian press. But they have also reported the other side of the story
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Apr 15, 2015 06:48pm
I as an Indian am ashamed at our role in Kashmir. I am more ashamed at comments of my countrymen here. A mother, a family has lost someone, but my countrymen put hate comments on all kashmir. Now I understand why they want us Indians out. I am reluctantly coming to the only conclusion to resolve this sad situation. It will bring peace to all and kashmiris as well.
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Apr 15, 2015 06:49pm
Long live Kashmir, yes to UN plebiscite, no to Illegal Indian brutal ocvupation.
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Apr 15, 2015 07:18pm
@Harmony Sticking to Kashmir, why should terrorists be not confronted and killed,even if collateral damage is not desirable you can not rule them out.The reason why Pakistan needs to mind its business is that we feel that it has no humanitarian or developmental agenda but only an expansionist agenda towards Kashmir.As for any argument you may putforth on the basis of islamic brotherhood , we have seen enough of it in your approach to erstwhile East Pakistan and Uigher muslims.
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Apr 15, 2015 07:19pm
Indian army have comitted crimes against the population of Kashmiris for decades.
State terrorism is terrorism also or do we have double standards in India?
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Apr 15, 2015 07:20pm
@Bravo
Sir, they are not militants; they are freedom fighters.
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Apr 15, 2015 08:55pm
"Fake story"
the real story is that they were protesting against govt n killed 3 policemen cold blooded few days ago, they were protesting because they dont want govt to rehabilitate kashmiri pandits in the valley who are living in camps in Jammu and Delhi since 1989.
The name of policemen mentioned in the article are also made by Dawn, there is no Nitish Kumar and K. Rajendra
I know that this comment wont get published
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Apr 15, 2015 09:15pm
@Vicky, No confusion here, you seem to be living in dream land. Go do little research
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Apr 15, 2015 09:17pm
@AR Then why are you here making comments, go deal with your own messed up country
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Apr 15, 2015 09:19pm
@javed Naxalite rebellion alone covers one third of India, north east India on fire. I could go on, people deal with your country stop being obsessed with Pakistan.
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Apr 15, 2015 09:21pm
@rkt Were you looking in the mirror when you wrote this reply.
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Apr 15, 2015 09:21pm
Oh my GoD you Indian leave them alone.
They are raising Pakistani flags they love Pakistan this is not their crime.
India capture Kashmir in 1947 from Pakistan.
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Apr 15, 2015 09:21pm
@RKhan well said
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Apr 15, 2015 09:22pm
here in Pakistan its nice entertainment.
bored from economic related news in Indian newspaper.
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Apr 15, 2015 09:31pm
@Sunil that means the indian army must have run away from the loc, scared of the floods as well.
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Apr 15, 2015 09:31pm
@nineveh
Kashmir belongs to Pakistan, simple is that!
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Apr 15, 2015 09:33pm
@India Inc.
Remove your half-million soldiers and see what Kashmiries want.
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Apr 15, 2015 09:34pm
@Zaffar
There are no Pushotoon freedom fighters, but there are some misguided Baluchs.
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Apr 15, 2015 10:17pm
@Dinesh
Kashmir belongs to Kashmiris.. Not Indians nor Pakistanis.
Get your army out of both sides and let the people of Kashmir decide their fate for themselves.
Pakistan has nothing to offer to people of Indian occupied Kashmir .. They cant even fix basic problems like providing clean water\ shelter\ employment\ electricity of their own. What can they possibly do for Kashmiris?
It is clear that when you need to send 70,000 armed forces to contain the masses that you dont really belong in that area. People of Kashmir have been rejecting indian occupation for 60 yrs and will continue to do it for 160 more yrs. The struggle for freedom cannot be contained. Let the people choose for themselves.. It is the only solution if you want peace.
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Apr 15, 2015 11:28pm
Security forces say it is genuine encounter and the family members say its fake,Let there be fair investigation and justice be delivered. I hope this isn't a fake encounter. I hope AFSPA becomes more transparent and accountable. Let god give peace to the family members.
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Apr 16, 2015 01:04am
@aaqib That's too imply to your country also my dear.
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Apr 16, 2015 01:06am
@Zak Same is happening in pakistan also.
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Apr 16, 2015 01:10am
Indians should do what Chinese did in Tibet simple as that.
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Apr 16, 2015 03:42pm
@Fawad - What you said is very logical.. India can't let go off Kashmir (Not Jammu & Ladakh) for the following reasons:
1. Access to the water bodies for the rivers to North India
2. Start of similar uprisings in the North East, which can affect our economy
3. Also, if Kashmir leaves India, then there will be a clarion call for population exchange on religious lines, throughout the country.
So in fact, India is as much stuck in a Catch 22 situation. India is not ready for such massive upheaval yet. So, most leaders have put Kashmir dispute on the backburner. Maybe a wiser & more literate generation can resolve this..
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Apr 19, 2015 11:49pm
@saqib and from where did u get these ""FACTS""
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Apr 19, 2015 11:51pm
@saqib u should be ashamed on writing shame on INDIA
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Apr 19, 2015 11:53pm
@Vicky ya actually he was going to write pakistan but in hast or some flow of typing he wrote India
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Apr 20, 2015 12:04am
@Tom Jaison where did u see them raising pak flag
And when did India captured Kashmir
Who can any one capture some this when it is already yours and it is with u
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