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Another South Kashmir Youth Joins Militancy

KULGAM
November 03 The Government Forces despite launching a massive crackdown against Militants in Jammu Kashmir have largely failed to keep a check at the Militant recruitment as more local youth continue to pick up arms. Despite having killed more than 230 Militants the last year, this year Militant recruitment has crossed the highest number in the last ten years as it stands at 175 in the first ten months of 2018. The Indian Security Forces have made efforts to contain Militancy as the Local Police and the Indian Army has been asking the local youth to stay away from Militancy, In fact some youth have given up arms and returned to their families, however the overall picture continues to remain grim, as Kashmir remains on the edge. More youth continue to take up Arms creating a vic...

A Night of Fear in Kulgam Village

KULGAM
August 18 Shah Shahid The Locals of the Bhan area in Quimoh tehsil of South Kashmir's Kulgam District have accused the Indian Army of committing excesses against the local populace of the area. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat the locals said that the forces barged into the village after a minor stone throwing incident nearby and smashed everything that met their eye. "Four Load carriers, Two Tractors, Four Cars, One passenger bus, one JCB was damaged in the action of the forces before they started smashing the window panes of at least a fifty houses," a Local Shahid Ahmed told The Kashmiriyat. He said that three shops were looted in the area and almost doors of half of the households in the village were broken by the forces. The Locals alleged that the troops also barged into...

I will Go to Army Camp and Kill the Major who Killed my Sister- Kulgam Mayhem

REGIONAL
July 10 "Leave me, I will go to the Army camp and kill the Major who shot dead my sister," Uzma Jan shouted before she had to be stopped by a few men gathered at her home to condole the killing of Andleeb Jan, 13 who was killed in Army firing along with two others in South Kashmir's Hawoora Village on Saturday, Soon Uzma fainted. The Kashmir Valley has been gripped by a new wave of violence which has taken a strong grip especially down in South Kashmir. The Civilian killings as can be plainly gauged from stats has seen a sharp rise since 2016. More than 200 Civilians have been shot dead in the valley as India government continues to tighten its Iron Fist Policy over Kashmir valley. Villagers clear the blood of a victim from the main road in Hawoora (Pic/ Murtaza Gull) Hawoora- ...

Massive Fire Engulfs Kulgam Area, 3 Residential Houses Damaged

KULGAM
July 02 Two Residents Houses were partially and one completely damaged when massive fire engulfed the Sheikh Mohallah area in Bongam area of South Kashmir's Kulgam District on Monday morning. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that the house of one Mohammed Yusuf Sheikh from the locality was completely gutted in the fire. People and fire services tried to doze off the fire, but not before it has damaged three residential houses in the Kulgam area. The immediate reason of the fire could not be known. Mohammed Yusuf Sheikh while speaking to The Kashmiriyat demanded compensation from the Government as he has been forced to stay outdoors.