The killing fields of Kashmir
From the Blog iabhopal Kashmir is on the boil again. What happened in Handwara on Tuesday was hardly unusual. Three people were gunned down – two boys and an old woman – because the security forces decided to defend themselves against unarmed civilians, who were protesting against the alleged molestation of a Kashmiri woman. One of the victims, Nayeem Batt, was a promising state-level cricketer. This is a familiar story that Kashmir has lived and relived for the past many decades, especially since more than half a million troops were deployed in the state after the 1989 uprising. The administration's promise of 'investigating' the killings is also as predictable as the inevitable outcome of such a probe. While regretting the incident, the army spokesperson has assured action, saying that it needs topakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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