What is India’s new endgame in Kashmir?
3 years, 4 months ago

What is India’s new endgame in Kashmir?

Al Jazeera  

The Indian government has changed its approach to the ‘Kashmir problem’ because it has new strategic priorities. In June this year, however, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited Kashmir’s integrationist parties to a meeting in New Delhi and, according to some of the participants, encouraged them to “speak unfiltered”. India’s decision to engage Islamabad over Kashmir, after persistently claiming that it is “an internal issue” that should not be discussed with any external force, coupled with its renewed interest in Kashmir’s integrationist parties, led many to question whether New Delhi has a new plan for the disputed territory. Islamabad later released the pilot “in a gesture of goodwill”, but the humiliating episode left a permanent mark on India’s nationalist government and likely caused it to rethink its approach to Kashmir. Besides, the Indian government’s apparent decision to, once again, subcontract some aspects of its rule in Kashmir to regional political parties may have to do with the undefeated armed rebellion in the region.

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BJP's Return to Power in Haryana: A National Turning Point
3 months ago

BJP's Return to Power in Haryana: A National Turning Point

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has returned to power in Haryana, marking a significant comeback for the party in the state. The victory is seen as a boost to the party's morale and a reaffirmation of its dominance in the state. The outcome also has wider implications for Indian politics, as it could set a precedent for other states to …

Residents in India-controlled Kashmir vote in the second phase of polls surrounded by heavy security
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Residents in India-controlled Kashmir vote in the second phase of polls surrounded by heavy security

The Independent  

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Jammu and Kashmir votes in regional elections first time in a decade after losing special status in 2019
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Jammu and Kashmir votes in regional elections first time in a decade after losing special status in 2019

The Independent  

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Despite prison, torture, this Kashmiri politician won’t give up on India
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Despite prison, torture, this Kashmiri politician won’t give up on India

Al Jazeera  

As Kashmir votes in its first regional elections in a decade, Waheed-ur-Rehman Para battles his own demons, contesting to win and reaffirm his faith in Indian democracy. Para’s own odyssey with the Indian state completely “shook” his faith in democracy, he said. “Come to my home in the evening and we will see to it.” These are pleas he hears …

India’s Kashmir holds first regional election since losing autonomy
3 months, 3 weeks ago

India’s Kashmir holds first regional election since losing autonomy

Al Jazeera  

At stake are seats in the region’s 90-member legislature, which will make laws and approve local governing decisions. Kashmiri political analyst Sheikh Showkat Hussain told Al Jazeera the election is significant because it has “become a sort of referendum” on the region’s historic special status, which was revoked by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. That move, upheld by the Supreme …

Many in Indian-controlled Kashmir plan to vote this time to deny Modi total control
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Many in Indian-controlled Kashmir plan to vote this time to deny Modi total control

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — For decades, boycotting elections in Indian-controlled Kashmir was a sign of protest against Indian rule. “There is a desperate need to end the onslaught of changes coming from there.” India wants to keep Kashmir under direct rule Indian security forces walk past Indian flags and flags of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party as a motorcycle rally by …

Door-to-door campaigning returns to Kashmir valley after 37 years
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Door-to-door campaigning returns to Kashmir valley after 37 years

Op India  

Another major sign of thriving democracy in Jammu and Kashmir is currently being witnessed in the form of door-to-door campaigning in the Kashmir valley for the upcoming assembly elections. Strikingly, this is the first time that door-to-door canvassing has returned to the Kashmir Valley since the notorious 1987 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. The tragic aftermath of the 1987 elections …

India to hold first assembly elections in disputed Kashmir in 10 years
4 months, 3 weeks ago

India to hold first assembly elections in disputed Kashmir in 10 years

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — India on Friday announced three-phased assembly elections in disputed Kashmir, the first in a decade and in a new political environment after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2019 stripped the Muslim-majority region of its semi-autonomy and downgraded it to a federally controlled territory. Mohit Bhan, a spokesman for Kashmir’s People’s Democratic Party, said the announcement was …

Heart of the matter: On the Prime Minister’s visit to Kashmir and after
10 months ago

Heart of the matter: On the Prime Minister’s visit to Kashmir and after

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi painted a rosy picture of Jammu and Kashmir during his first visit to the Union Territory that was formed by the bifurcation of the erstwhile State, and also stripped of its special constitutional status, in 2019. Mr. Modi also trained his guns on the Congress and the two regional parties, the National Conference and the Peoples …

Modi visits Kashmir’s main city for the first time since revoking region’s semi-autonomy
10 months ago

Modi visits Kashmir’s main city for the first time since revoking region’s semi-autonomy

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday made his first official visit to Kashmir’s main city since New Delhi stripped the disputed region of its semi-autonomy and took direct control of it in 2019. Paramilitary soldiers patrol ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. In 2019, Modi’s …

India’s Modi visits Srinagar, first since Kashmir autonomy removed in 2019
10 months ago

India’s Modi visits Srinagar, first since Kashmir autonomy removed in 2019

Al Jazeera  

The visit comes ahead of India’s national election due by May, the first since the government scrapped region’s special status. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made his first official visit to the main city of Indian-administrated Kashmir since New Delhi scrapped the disputed region’s semi-autonomy in 2019. Modi’s government stripped the Muslim-majority territory of its special constitutional status, splitting …

India’s Modi visits Kashmir: How has the region changed since 2019?
10 months ago

India’s Modi visits Kashmir: How has the region changed since 2019?

Al Jazeera  

Here’s a look at Narendra Modi’s government policies and how they have affected Kashmir since the region’s semi-autonomous status was taken away. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday made his first visit to Kashmir since his government’s controversial 2019 decision to scrap the region’s special semi-autonomous status. Here’s a look at key changes brought to Kashmir by Modi’s government …

‘Clear threat’: Kashmiris on India top court upholding removal of autonomy
1 year ago

‘Clear threat’: Kashmiris on India top court upholding removal of autonomy

Al Jazeera  

For the residents, fears of demographic change triggered by Modi government’s 2019 move are slowly becoming a reality. People in Indian-administered Kashmir have reacted with fear and anger to a Supreme Court judgement upholding the government’s decision to remove the partial autonomy of India’s only Muslim-majority region. “There’s now a clear threat to the people in Kashmir,” Irshad Ahmad, a …

DC Edit | Army officers, DSP pay a price
1 year, 3 months ago

DC Edit | Army officers, DSP pay a price

Deccan Chronicle  

India paid a terrible price for its eternal vigil in Jammu & Kashmir against state- Proof of Pakistan’s complicity was in abundance in the frontier Rajouri district where a cache of Pakistani arms and ammunition, besides medicines made in Pakistan, were recovered after two terrorists who had crossed the border were shot down. Members of the Indian Army and paramilitary …

3 Indian soldiers are killed in Kashmir gunfight on the 4th anniversary of special status revocation
1 year, 5 months ago

3 Indian soldiers are killed in Kashmir gunfight on the 4th anniversary of special status revocation

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Three Indian soldiers were killed in a gun battle with rebels fighting against New Delhi’s rule in Kashmir, officials said Saturday, as authorities stepped up security on the fourth anniversary since India revoked the disputed region’s special status. The changes were brought by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Aug. 5, 2019, and the move resonated in …

Kashmir leader says the region lacks democracy and asks India to restore its special status
1 year, 5 months ago

Kashmir leader says the region lacks democracy and asks India to restore its special status

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Kashmir’s top pro-India politician had a stark message Friday — the eve of the fourth anniversary since India revoked the disputed region’s special status, throwing the Himalayan territory into political chaos: “Democracy stops where the boundaries of Jammu and Kashmir begin.” In an interview with The Associated Press, Omar Abdullah said India’s 2019 decision to strip the …

Kashmir leader says the region lacks democracy and asks India to restore its special status
1 year, 5 months ago

Kashmir leader says the region lacks democracy and asks India to restore its special status

The Independent  

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‘No reason’ to strip Kashmir autonomy: India’s top court told as it hears challenges to special status removal
1 year, 5 months ago

‘No reason’ to strip Kashmir autonomy: India’s top court told as it hears challenges to special status removal

The Independent  

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Jammu and Kashmir Completes 5-year Central Rule; Political Parties Raise Chorus for Early Polls
1 year, 6 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir Completes 5-year Central Rule; Political Parties Raise Chorus for Early Polls

News 18  

Jammu and Kashmir on Monday completed five years without an elected government, prompting a scathing attack from the mainstream National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party over the delay in restoration of democracy in the Union Territory. On August 5, 2019, the Centre revoked Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and bifurcated the state into two Union …

G20 Meet In Kashmir Done And Dusted. Time Now For Elections And Statehood Before 2024
1 year, 7 months ago

G20 Meet In Kashmir Done And Dusted. Time Now For Elections And Statehood Before 2024

ABP News  

Despite significant security challenges and a boycott by Beijing, New Delhi showed the world that it has genuinely settled the insurgency issue in Kashmir, by holding the 3rd Tourism Working Group Meeting of the G20 on May 22-24 in capital Srinagar. Without Elections, Kashmir Will Continue To Burn Recently, in a media interview, Home Minister Amit Shah said the statehood …

With G20 event, India seeks to project normalcy in disputed Kashmir
1 year, 7 months ago

With G20 event, India seeks to project normalcy in disputed Kashmir

The Independent  

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Why the maths is not working out for the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir
1 year, 8 months ago

Why the maths is not working out for the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir

The Hindu  

Published : Apr 20, 2023 11:00 IST - 10 MINS READ Trudging down a long alley at Sonwar in Srinagar are a few elderly men, whose dour faces are out of sync with the peaceful and pretty surroundings dotted by quaint guest houses and eateries framed with chinar trees, with a pleasant breeze blowing across the azure waters of the …

Warm ties with India and vision beyond Kashmir: What Pakistan needs to battle economic crisis and global isolation
1 year, 9 months ago

Warm ties with India and vision beyond Kashmir: What Pakistan needs to battle economic crisis and global isolation

Firstpost  

It has been over two years since the Indian and Pakistani Director General Military Operations agreed to a ceasefire along the LoC and surprisingly it has held. More than 8000 members of Pakistan’s armed forces have lost their lives in terrorist incidents since 2000.” He adds, “Islamabad must change its tack if it hopes to prevent a full-blown insurgency and …

Kashmir, like Punjab, needs empathy, can’t be ruled from Delhi: Ex-RAW chief Dulat
1 year, 10 months ago

Kashmir, like Punjab, needs empathy, can’t be ruled from Delhi: Ex-RAW chief Dulat

Hindustan Times  

Kashmir, like the border sensitive state of Punjab, needs empathy. Lt Gen Tej Sapru, Gurbir Singh Grewal, educationist and son of former Punjab CM justice Gurnam Singh, former RAW chief-cum-author AS Dulat, justice SS Sodhi, Lt Gen JS Dhillon, publisher Saguna Jain, Ramesh Vinayak, executive editor, Hindustan Times, and Sikh intellectual Gurpreet Singh. These were views shared by Amarjit Singh …

Steps Towards A Peaceful and Prosperous Kashmir - News18
2 years ago

Steps Towards A Peaceful and Prosperous Kashmir - News18

News 18  

Days after The Resistance Front, an infamous offshoot of dreaded terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, issued threats and released a so-called ‘hit list’ with the names of 56 Kashmiri minority persons employed under the Prime Minister’s Rehabilitation Package in the Kashmir valley, an FIR has been filed and an investigation has been initiated. What makes the latest hit list particularly worrisome is …

Why India Needs to Garner International Support Against Pakistan’s Game Plan in Kashmir - News18
2 years, 3 months ago

Why India Needs to Garner International Support Against Pakistan’s Game Plan in Kashmir - News18

News 18  

As expected, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif raked up the Kashmir issue in his debut speech at the 77th session of United Nations General Assembly, contending that abrogation of Article 370 by New Delhi was “illegal”. Prior to Sharif’s UNGA address, Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had also raised the Kashmir issue in New York. Exercising the right of …

'It's high time India understands...': Pak PM talks peace, but sings the jaded Kashmir tune again at UNGA
2 years, 3 months ago

'It's high time India understands...': Pak PM talks peace, but sings the jaded Kashmir tune again at UNGA

India TV News  

Highlights Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif at his UNGA address called for peace with India He cited issues with India and said that the nation needs to understand that "war is not an option" "India must take credible steps to create enabling environment for constructive engagement", he said Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at his UNGA address on Friday called for …

A dangerous drift in Kashmir
2 years, 4 months ago

A dangerous drift in Kashmir

The Hindu  

The policies and political projects being pursued by the BJP-led central government in Jammu and Kashmir post-August 5, 2019 — when the erstwhile State’s seven decades-long special constitutional position came to an end — have put unarmed and innocent civilians in the crosshairs of armed militants in Kashmir like never before. For many in the BJP, a cosmopolitan Kashmir may …

Why Kashmir polls matter
2 years, 4 months ago

Why Kashmir polls matter

Hindustan Times  

The run-up to the first assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir in almost a decade has been marred by controversies. And finally this week, the summary update of electoral rolls — a process seen by analysts as the final step before the election commission takes up the process of fixing poll dates — threw up a new row with the …

Final nail in democracy’s coffin, Mufti slams BJP over ‘back-door’ voters in J&K
2 years, 4 months ago

Final nail in democracy’s coffin, Mufti slams BJP over ‘back-door’ voters in J&K

Hindustan Times  

Former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of “bringing voters from back-door to install a fascist” a day the region’s top electoral official said anyone residing and not necessarily a permanent resident can become a voter in Jammu & Kashmir. Chief Electoral Officer Hirdesh Kumar Singh on Wednesday said around 2.5 million new voters are …

At 75, India’s Kashmir challenge shifts foreign policy focus
2 years, 5 months ago

At 75, India’s Kashmir challenge shifts foreign policy focus

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — For decades, India has tried to thwart Pakistan in a protracted dispute over Kashmir, the achingly beautiful Himalayan territory claimed by both countries but divided between them. India’s ever-growing economy, which is now vastly larger than Pakistan’s, combined with Beijing’s increasingly assertive push for influence across Asia, mean that “New Delhi has increasingly grown Beijing-centric,” said Lt. …

At 75, India’s Kashmir challenge shifts foreign policy focus
2 years, 5 months ago

At 75, India’s Kashmir challenge shifts foreign policy focus

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But in the last two years, since a deadly border clash between …

Has India’s Kashmir policy under Modi failed?
2 years, 6 months ago

Has India’s Kashmir policy under Modi failed?

Al Jazeera  

With violence refusing to abate, the much-touted ‘muscular’ policy pursued by the BJP is not working, say experts, as they urge political engagement. The spiralling wave of violence has prompted critics to wonder whether the Modi government’s “muscular policy” towards the country’s only Muslim-majority region has failed. “This policy is not going to work in Kashmir, at the end they …

Terrorists’ fear of these 3Ds is behind killings of Kashmir’s non-Muslims
2 years, 7 months ago

Terrorists’ fear of these 3Ds is behind killings of Kashmir’s non-Muslims

Firstpost  

Saving Kashmir from separatists is our civilisational goal and we are winning. Knee-jerk responses, loud jingoism, and lapses in patience resolve can break that winning streak Pakistan-backed separatists lost the war in Kashmir on 5 August 2019, when Article 370 which gave it special status was revoked. That makes them easy targets and high-profile In a statement dated 2 June, …

Kashmir sees rise in violence after Yasin Malik sentenced to life
2 years, 7 months ago

Kashmir sees rise in violence after Yasin Malik sentenced to life

Al Jazeera  

Indian forces kill at least 10 rebels in the disputed region since Wednesday’s sentencing of the top pro-independence leader. At least 10 rebels have been killed in Indian-administered Kashmir since an Indian court sentenced prominent Kashmiri pro-independence leader Yasin Malik to life in prison earlier this week, officials say. “Three militants each of Jaish-e-Muhammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba were killed in two …

Pakistan’s record in PoK is exploitative and predatory, has no business talking about Jammu & Kashmir
2 years, 7 months ago

Pakistan’s record in PoK is exploitative and predatory, has no business talking about Jammu & Kashmir

Firstpost  

Jammu and Kashmir is considered one of the most intractable challenges faced by independent India. It is interesting that Pakistan, to this day, complains of the expelled and/or killed Muslims of Jammu, but no mention is made of the unfortunate Hindus and Sikhs of PoK by any organisation or government. In the June 2018 report, the Office of the High …

Time to ring in the polls in Jammu and Kashmir
2 years, 8 months ago

Time to ring in the polls in Jammu and Kashmir

The Hindu  

It’s what Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not say during his visit to Palli village in Jammu this week that was more important than what he did in a nearly 40-minute-long address to the public gathering. But the constitutional change effected in August 2019 was very much on his mind, as he used Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir and “ghati” in …

5 Reasons Why Kashmir Matters
2 years, 11 months ago

5 Reasons Why Kashmir Matters

The Diplomat  

Kashmiri villagers are seen through the bullet ridden iron mesh of a window of the residential house where suspected rebels were taking refuge, after a gunfight in Pulwama, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, July 2, 2021. With stability inside of Pakistan and the surge of violence in India against Muslims, along with the revocation of Kashmir’s autonomy by …

Opinion: Let Us Give Peace an Honest Chance in Kashmir
3 years, 1 month ago

Opinion: Let Us Give Peace an Honest Chance in Kashmir

News 18  

The new Kashmir that has emerged out of the ashes of three decades of Pakistan- The unfortunate incident of killing of two Kashmiri civilians in Hyderpora area of Srinagar in an encounter in which two militants, including one from Pakistan, were also killed raises an important question: how should we deal with such incidents that involve Kashmiri civilians, who at …

Kabul, Kashmir and the return of realpolitik
3 years, 1 month ago

Kabul, Kashmir and the return of realpolitik

The Hindu  

While the return of the Taliban to Kabul may have ended the internecine warfare within Afghanistan, the geopolitical contestation to own the spoils of Taliban’s victory has just begun. What is worse, India’s advances to court the Taliban and attempts to evolve a regional consensus on Afghanistan might deteriorate India-Pakistan relations and pose challenges for India in Kashmir. These instances …

Book Review: Dinkar P. Srivastava's "Forgotten Kashmir: The Other Side of the Line of Control" sheds light on PoK
3 years, 2 months ago

Book Review: Dinkar P. Srivastava's "Forgotten Kashmir: The Other Side of the Line of Control" sheds light on PoK

The Hindu  

This book is timely, and, in a sense, was overdue. With telling effect, the author quotes Pakistan’s written submission to the U.N., asserting: “The Pakistan government emphatically deny that they are giving aid and assistance to the so-called invaders…” The author tells us about the little-known Karachi Agreement of April 1949 that made the so-called Azad Kashmir government an instrument …

This is How India Can Counter Pakistan’s Dangerous Revival Game in Kashmir
3 years, 2 months ago

This is How India Can Counter Pakistan’s Dangerous Revival Game in Kashmir

News 18  

It was expected but it manifested earlier than anticipated. Pakistan’s efforts to revive its gamble in Jammu and Kashmir, after the relative neutralisation of its efforts over the last two years, were contingent upon how its mission in its western region succeeded. The full withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan, the takeover by Taliban 2.0 and restoration of Pakistan as …

Why Kashmir’s security situation caused by proxy terrorism reflects Pakistan’s desperation
3 years, 2 months ago

Why Kashmir’s security situation caused by proxy terrorism reflects Pakistan’s desperation

Firstpost  

There is nothing in the situation that India has not faced before and overcome with resolve and Pakistan’s desperation will soon convert into more frustration It’s important to get the context right if an appropriate analysis has to be done on the sudden deterioration of the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir. It’s after fairly long that this has occurred, …

1990 or 2021, Hindus Remain Soft Targets in Kashmir
3 years, 2 months ago

1990 or 2021, Hindus Remain Soft Targets in Kashmir

The Quint  

The fresh spate of killings of the minorities in Kashmir has ruptured the semblance of peace and vitiated the overall environment. It also exhibits that the government of India’s invalidation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution doesn’t automatically translate into neutralisation of Islamist terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. The ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, has widely publicised a …

Prelude to a revolt
3 years, 3 months ago

Prelude to a revolt

The Hindu  

As New Delhi continues to rule the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir with an iron fist, which seems to be working for the Bharatiya Janata Party regime on the face of it, a multitude of local, regional and international developments, including geopolitical factors, are pushing the erstwhile State into a highly volatile situation that New Delhi and the local …

With Taliban’s rise, India sees renewed threat in Kashmir
3 years, 3 months ago

With Taliban’s rise, India sees renewed threat in Kashmir

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — India’s leaders are anxiously watching the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, fearing that it will benefit their bitter rival Pakistan and feed a long-simmering insurgency in the disputed region of Kashmir, where militants already have a foothold. Lt. Gen. Deependra Singh Hooda, former military commander for northern India between 2014-2016, said militant groups based across the border in …

OPINION: Will Taliban Militants be Diverted to Kashmir Valley?
3 years, 4 months ago

OPINION: Will Taliban Militants be Diverted to Kashmir Valley?

News 18  

Events over the last few weeks show that Taliban are finally settling down to govern Afghanistan, with the last American soldier departing and officially ending the American and NATO engagement in the country. The next obvious question for us in India is: whether or not that means diversion of Taliban militants to Kashmir Valley? So how good are the chances …

Afghanistan Crisis Coupled With BJP’s Exploits in J&K Is a Recipe for Disaster
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghanistan Crisis Coupled With BJP’s Exploits in J&K Is a Recipe for Disaster

The Quint  

The mobilisation of the Taliban after the US pullout from Afghanistan should have sent alarm bells ringing about Jammu & Kashmir in defence circles. Instead, in its trademark style, the government chose to take a cosmetic measure by calling a meeting of leaders from various parties of the Union Territory, never to follow it up with anything substantial. Marketing clearly …

A Taliban outreach that needs correction
3 years, 4 months ago

A Taliban outreach that needs correction

The Hindu  

Very few, if any, might have been surprised when the Taliban unleashed violence to take over territories in Afghanistan. The Doha peace deal with the United States and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s warm welcome to a Talibani delegation in Tianjin, in July, reflect the diplomatic successes of the Taliban at the international level. The Special Envoy of the State …

Return of Taliban and Holy Month of Muharram
3 years, 4 months ago

Return of Taliban and Holy Month of Muharram

News 18  

Even as we enter the eve of 10th day of Muharram, colloquially known as Ashura, the day that commemorates martyrdom of Imam Hussain in the battle of Karbala, another battle took place closer to Kashmir’s neighborhood in Afghanistan, where Taliban forces captured Kabul within matter of days without facing any resistance whatsoever, after U.S. President ordered withdrawal of troops from …

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