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By Hilal Mir & Aynur Seyma Asan SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA): Police in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir said Thursday that they had cornered two militants believed to be behind the killing of two army officers and a policeman on a counter-militancy operation. “In solemn tribute to the unwavering valor of Col Manpreet Singh, Major […]

11th Aug 2022

Jammu & Kashmir: 3 Indian soldiers, 2 Kashmiri militants killed in shoot-out

By Hilal Mir SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): Three Indian soldiers and two Kashmiri militants were killed in a gunfight in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Two more soldiers were injured in the early morning shoot-out in the Rajouri district, according to the Indian military. The army’s 16 Corps said on Twitter that […]

18th Feb 2021

Jammu & Kashmir: 3 Indian soldiers arrested for child molestation

By Nusrat Sidiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Three Indian army employees were arrested by the regional police of Indian-administered Kashmir in connection with the alleged molestation and kidnapping of a young girl from North Kashmir’s Bandipora district, authorities said Wednesday. Rahul Malik, senior superintendent of Bandipora Police, confirmed the arrests to Anadolu Agency […]

3rd Jun 2018

Jammu and Kashmir: Shutdown, restrictions in Kashmir after civilian killed by Indian soldiers

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): Following the death of a civilian protestor after being run over by an Indian armed forces vehicle, the Kashmir region on Saturday observed a complete shutdown, with Indian authorities responding with curfew-like restrictions in the capital Srinagar and other urban areas. Pictures of two protestors […]

19th Apr 2018

Jammu & Kashmir: Protests held in Jammu Kashmir over rape of minor girl

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India, (AA): Protests erupted on Wednesday in universities across Jammu and Kashmir against the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl. According to police, the protests left two students and two police officers wounded. The girl from a nomadic Muslim herder family was grazing cattle when […]

12th Apr 2018

Jammu & Kashmir: 4 civilians, 1 Indian soldier killed in south Kashmir

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): Four civilians, including a minor and an Indian soldier were killed in a gun battle between militants and Indian forces in southern Kashmir on Wednesday, according to a military official and police. “One of our soldiers has been martyred in the gun battle. The operation […]

3rd Apr 2018

Jammu Kashmir completely shuts down after killings

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India, (AA): Jammu and Kashmir remained in a state of paralysis on Monday with thousands of Indian forces in riot gear manning the streets a day after 13 militants, four civilians and three Indian soldiers were killed. The region looked largely deserted with little or no vehicular […]

31st Dec 2017

Militants storm Indian paramilitary camp in Kashmir, 6 killed

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu Kashmir, India (AA): Four Indian soldiers and two Kashmiri militants were killed and at least two others wounded on Sunday as Kashmiri militants stormed a paramilitary camp in disputed Kashmir. According to Indian officials, at least two militants entered the 185 battalion paramilitary camp in the southern Pulwana district in […]

27th Aug 2017

Jammu & Kashmir: Militants storm major police base killing Indian forces

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu-Kashmir, India (AA): Four Indian paramilitary personnel, four policemen and three militants were killed in southern Jammu-Kashmir when a major police base came under attack Saturday, top police official told local media. The incident took place in Pulwama district, located some 26 kilometers (16 miles) to the south of capital […]

9th Jul 2017

Jammu & Kashmir shuts down, protests erupt

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): The disputed Jammu and Kashmir state on Saturday observed a complete shutdown to mark the first anniversary of the death of local militant commander, Burhan Wani. Fearing pro-independence protests and demonstrations, the Indian authorities had increased the presence of its armed forces and imposed curfew-like […]

26th Jun 2017

Jammu & Kashmir: 2 Kashmiris killed in gunbattle with Indian soldiers

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): Two suspected militants were killed and three Indian soldiers were injured during an overnight clash at a school in Srinagar city in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, according to Indian army. The gunbattle between soldiers and suspected militants began on Saturday following an attack on […]

22nd May 2017

Jammu & Kashmir: Four Kashmiri militants, three Indian soldiers killed in clashes

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): Four militants and three Indian soldiers were killed in a two day lon Sundayg gunbattle close to the de facto border between India and Pakistan in the disputed Kashmir region, according to the Indian army on. Meanwhile, clashes erupted between students and government forces in […]

2nd May 2017

Pakistan denies Indian claim of border atrocity

By Zahid Rafiq and Aamir Latif SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir and KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan Monday strongly denied Indian claims that its forces had committed an atrocity along the border with disputed Jammu and Kashmir. “Pakistan’s Army did not commit any cease-fire violation on the line of control or an action in the Buttal […]

23rd Oct 2016

Pakistan, India tension becomes culture war

By Aamir Latif and Ahmad Adil KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): A month of tension between Pakistan and India that has resulted in diplomatic arguments and cross-border gunfights has also been played out on the cultural front in recent weeks. While Indian film producers barred Pakistani artists and technicians from working on Indian movies, Pakistan also […]

18th Sep 2016

Jammu & Kashmir: 17 soldiers killed in Indian-held Kashmir gunbattle

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Indian-held Kashmir, India (AA): At least 17 Indian soldiers and four suspected militants were killed in a gunbattle at an army base in northern Uri town in Indian-held Kashmir. “Four terrorists killed in counter-terrorist operation at Uri. 17 soldiers make the supreme sacrifice,” Indian army’s Northern Command tweeted on Sunday […]

22nd Feb 2016

Jammu Kashmir: 5 Indian troops killed as Srinagar standoff enters 2nd day

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu Kashmir, India (AA): Five Indian security personnel have been killed so far in an ongoing firefight with pro-independence militants who since yesterday have been holed up in a building in Srinagar’s Pampore district. On Sunday, two Indian army commandos were killed, bringing the total death toll among Indian security […]

15th Feb 2016

Jammu Kashmir: Two civilians killed by Indian forces

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu Kashmir, India (AA) – Two Kashmiri civilians were killed and seven wounded on Sunday when security forces opened fire on a group of protesters in Indian-administered Jammu Kashmir. The civilians were protesting in Pulwama district, southeast of Srinagar, over a nearby gun battle in which a local pro-independence militant […]

4th Nov 2015

Jammu & Kashmir: Two Indian troops killed on Kashmir’s Line of Control

By Ahmad Adil SRINAGAR, Jammu & Kashmir, India, (AA): Two Indian soldiers were killed on Monday along the Line of Control (LoC) in the northern part of the disputed Kashmir region, with New Delhi accusing Pakistan of violating the ceasefire between the two rivals. The incident took place only one week before a scheduled visit […]

5th Jul 2015

Jammu & Kashmir: Two militants, Indian soldier killed in gunfight

[Archive photo: Indian Central Reserve Police Force stand guard near site of a grenade attack in Srinagar’s city centre Lal Chowk on November 29, 2014. Photographer: Ahmer Khan/Anadolu Agency] SRINAGAR, Indian-held Kashmir (AA): Two suspected militants and a soldier of the Indian army were killed and another soldier wounded in a gun battle in Boniyar area in northern Indian-held […]

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