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By Aijaz Hussain Published 2:32 pm, Saturday, May 19, 2018 Photo: Dar Yasin / Associated Press Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Indian paramilitary soldiers guard streets blocked with barbed wire in the Kashmir city of Srinigar. Indian paramilitary soldiers guard streets blocked with barbed wire in the Kashmir city of Srinigar. Photo: Dar Yasin / Associated Press Kashmir shuts down to protest Indian leader Modi’s visit 1 / 1 Back to Gallery SRINAGAR, India — Separatist leaders called for a shutdown in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a daylong visit to review development work and inaugurate road projects. The visit came a day after archrivals India and Pakistan shelled each other’s security posts and villages, killing four civilians on each side … [Read more...] about Kashmir shuts down to protest Indian leader Modi’s visit

By Munir Ahmed and Aijaz Hussain Published 12:25 pm, Friday, May 18, 2018 Photo: Channi Anand / Associated Press Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Indian women wail near the bodies of relatives in Jammu and Kashmir state. Soldiers from India and Pakistan have engaged in fierce fighting this year along the so-called Line of Control. Indian women wail near the bodies of relatives in Jammu and Kashmir state. Soldiers from India and Pakistan have engaged in fierce fighting this year along the so-called Line of Control. Photo: Channi Anand / Associated Press 9 dead as India, Pakistan trade fire along Kashmir border 1 / 1 Back to Gallery SRINAGAR, India — Eight civilians, including an Indian husband and wife and four members of a Pakistani family, were killed when Indian and Pakistani soldiers fired at border … [Read more...] about 9 dead as India, Pakistan trade fire along Kashmir border

By Aijaz Hussain and Muneeza Naqvi Published 12:52 pm, Thursday, April 12, 2018 Photo: Dar Yasin / Associated Press Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Students and others participate in a protest against the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Srinigar, India. Others have taken to the streets to demand the release of the men accused. Students and others participate in a protest against the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Srinigar, India. Others have taken to the streets to demand the release of the men accused. Photo: Dar Yasin / Associated Press Child’s rape, killing in India mired in religious politics 1 / 1 Back to Gallery SRINAGAR, India — The girl, just 8 years old, was grazing her family’s ponies on a chilly January day in the forests of the Himalayan foothills when she … [Read more...] about Child’s rape, killing in India mired in religious politics