A man reads a newspaper standing in front of closed shops in Jammu on August 6, 2019. - Washington on August 4 urged respect for rights and called for the maintenance of peace along the de facto border in Kashmir after India stripped a special autonomy status from its part of the divided region. (Photo by Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP) — AFP or licensors

In pictures: Situation uncertain as Kashmir remains incommunicado to the world

TV channels showed soldiers in camouflage and other security personnel in the otherwise empty streets of Srinagar.
Dawn.com Published August 6, 2019

The situation in occupied Kashmir remains unclear after India shut off most means of communication with the outside world, including internet, cellphone and landline networks. India also deployed thousands of troops in the region amid fears that its scrapping of a constitutional provision that gave Kashmiris exclusive, hereditary rights could spark uprisings.

Television channels showed armed soldiers in camouflage and other security personnel standing near barricades of barbed wire in the otherwise empty streets of Srinagar.

Security personnel stand guard on a street in Jammu, Aug 6, 2019 — AFP
Security personnel stand guard on a street in Jammu, Aug 6, 2019 — AFP

Security personnel patrol along a street in Jammu, Aug 6, 2019 — AFP
Security personnel patrol along a street in Jammu, Aug 6, 2019 — AFP

A man reads a newspaper standing in front of closed shops in Jammu, Aug 6, 2019 — AFP
A man reads a newspaper standing in front of closed shops in Jammu, Aug 6, 2019 — AFP

Security personnel stand guard on a street in Jammu on August 6, 2019 — AFP
Security personnel stand guard on a street in Jammu on August 6, 2019 — AFP

Security personnel stand guard on a street in Jammu on August 6, 2019 — AFP
Security personnel stand guard on a street in Jammu on August 6, 2019 — AFP

A deserted street is pictured in Jammu on August 6, 2019 — AFP
A deserted street is pictured in Jammu on August 6, 2019 — AFP

Comments (11) Closed
Zafar
Aug 06, 2019 01:27pm
Modi to pay cost for this
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Asad
Aug 06, 2019 01:48pm
Stooges of India like mehbooba mufti and families of Farooq Abdullah long betrayed kashmiri muslims and played with their blood. Now their beloved Hindutva's India proved Pakistan right that there is two nations hindus and muslims which can never live as one nation, proof of that is the massacre of Muslims in Gujrat, killing of muslims in the name of cow raksha, ongoing genocide of kashmiri muslims for now 70 years
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Faisal
Aug 06, 2019 02:04pm
Lets see how long can India keep the curfew imposed. Sooner or later, India has to leave from Kashmir.
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Faisal Khorasani
Aug 06, 2019 02:41pm
... They cannot even do business with their cell phones shut off. They cannot contact relatives.
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Asad
Aug 06, 2019 04:07pm
Indian Muslims who could not decide their fate in 1947, proved themselves wrong and faced massacre by hindutva in Gujrat, ongoing killings in the name of Cow Raksha, and same repeated in Kashmir from now 70 years.
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Unclefunky
Aug 06, 2019 04:27pm
@Asad, That's why Pakistan is there, move over, be peaceful.
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Rao
Aug 06, 2019 05:48pm
@Faisal, Keep dreaming
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Kumar
Aug 06, 2019 05:54pm
@Asad, What about bangladesh?
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A
Aug 06, 2019 09:25pm
Who was talking to Kashmiris since 1989? Now the doors are open for the world to come and invest. Everyone will like to contribute to progress and grow as well.
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Sayyar Khan
Aug 06, 2019 10:26pm
How long can Modi keep them inside their houses. Shame BJP and it’s religious ideology.
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BTS
Aug 07, 2019 07:20am
This makes India the largest hypocrisy on planet.
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