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Kashmir:The Most Militarized Zone!...

By:Rani Singh

Kashmir is claimed in full by both Pakistan and India, after being partitioned between the two countries in 1947, with a ceasefire demarcation known as the Line of Control. China also administers part of the state. With three nuclear-armed countries vying for territory in a strategically critical region, Kashmir is a tinderbox; clashes there cause anxiety to the rest of the world. By:Rani Singh Classified as the world’s most militarized zone as well as the largest region occupied by security...

What are pellet guns and why are they so lethal?...

Adil Akhzer

( Jammu and Kashmir )

The recent violence in Jammu and Kashmir has brought pellet guns into focus. Over hundred people are being treated for severe eye injures after security forces fired pellet guns to contain violence triggered after Burhan Wani, a militant, was killed last week. Police claim that it is a “non lethal weapon”, but doctors treating pellet victims say it maims a person forever. What are pellets? Pellets are loaded with lead and once fired they disperse in huge numbers. They don’t...

Kabul attack: At least 80 dead, 231 injured as IS claims twi...

( Afghanistan )

Kabul:More 80 people have been killed and 231 others injured in twin suicide bombings at a demonstration in Kabul, officials say, the deadliest attack in Afghanistan since 2001. Graphic television footage from the site of the blasts showed many dead bodies lying on the bloodied road, close to where thousands of Hazara had been demonstrating over the route of a planned multi-million-dollar power line. Charred bodies and dismembered limbs littered the scene of the attack, with ambulances struggling...

Kargil stands with Kashmir and denounce inncents killings...

( Jammu and Kashmir )

Kargil:Peoplr of Kargil on Thursday observed complete shutdown against the killing of civillians in Kashmir.
On the call of Jammiatul Ulama Hozia Ilmia Asna Ashriya (Islamia School Kargil) all the business establishments, Schools and government offices remained closed in the whole dstrict . The President Islamia School Kargil Sheikh Nazir Ul Mehdi said that the continuous unrest Situation in Kashmir Valley has greatly hampered the whole peaceful atmosphere especially in Valley and in the whole...

Waiting for the day Kashmir becomes Pakistan:PM Nawaz Sharie...

( Pakistan )

Muzaffarabad:Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, while addressing a public gathering here on Friday after the PML-N’s Azad Jammu and Kashmir electoral win, said: “We are waiting for the day Kashmir becomes Pakistan.” In his first public address following his return from London after open-heart surgery in May, Nawaz urged Kashmiris “not to forget those in held Kashmir who are sacrificing their lives to their movement for freedom”. “Their movement for freedom cannot be...

Stop Blaming Pakistan for Kashmir unrest: Mani Shankar Aiyar...

( India )

New Delhi:Diplomat turned politician and senior Indian National Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar Friday advised India to stop blaming Pakistan for Kashmir unrest and start an unconditional parallel dialogue with both Pakistan and separatist leadership of Kashmir. In an exclusive chat with Kashmir based news agency CNS,Aiyar said that it would not solve the problem for India instead it will get aggravated if India continues to keep on blaming Pakistan for Kashmir crisis. “There is an urgent need...

We broke our promises made to Kashmiris:P.Chidambaram...

( India )

New Delhi:Senior Congress leader and former Home Minister P.Chidambaram has said the genesis of the current Kashmir unrest lies in “broken promises and broken faith”, and that both the state and central governments were mishandling the present situation. “I think the approach (towards Kashmir issue) was wrong. We ignored the grand bargain under which Jammu and Kashmir acceded to India. I think we broke our promises, we broke the faith of the people of Kashmir, and we paid the price...

Iranian Sunni Cleric Urges Support for Kashmiri Muslims...

( Iran )

Tehran:Prominent Iranian Sunni Clerif and a Sunni member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts condemned the recent killings of Muslims in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir and said Islamic nations have a duty to support Muslims in the restive region. Speaking to the Tasnim News Molavi Ahmad Salami pointed to the systematic killing of Muslims at the hands of Indian troops in Kashmir, saying it is an old issue that resembles the issue of Palestine. “Muslims have a shared responsibility and duty...

To defend Oppressed People of Kashmir is Obligatory:Iranian ...

( Iran )

Tehran:Prominent Iranian senior clerics have strongly condemned Indian brutal killings of innocent Kashmiri civilians, urging all Islamic countries, Muslim nations as well as international organizations such as the UN Security Council to respond to this crime. Speaking to a reporter on Tuesday, Ayatollah Abbas Ka’bi, a member of the Assembly of Experts, referred to the humanitarian catastrophe in Kashmir and killing of Muslims in the country, and stressed that Muslims shouldn’t be silent on this...

Syed Ali Geelani draws attention of World Community and Musl...

( Jammu and Kashmir )

Srinagar:Vetern Pro Freedom Leader and Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani on behalf of the oppressed and besieged people of Jammu and Kashmir want to draw the attention of World Community to the grave and grim situation being faced by the caged people of the valley for the past 7 decades in general and for the last two & a half decades in particular. The letter was sent to · United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
· Heads of UNSC Permanent...