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25 Year old Youth From Kupwara Goes Missing

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September 03 SHABIR KHAN Mehraj ud din Teeli son of Abdul Majeed Teeli, a resident of Khaipora Bala Tangmarg is missing since 24th of August. The Family of the youth has filed a missing report in the Police station of Tangmarg in North Kashmir. "We have no information of the whereabouts of Mehraj ud din," a family member told The Kashmiriyat. The family staged a massive protest along with residents of other local villages and tried to march towards Tangmarg but the police stopped them from marching towards Tangmarg, The Family appealed the Higher authorities to intervene. The Kashmiriyat contacted the SHO Tangmarg Sadat Hussain who said that the Police has received a Missing report of Mehraj ud din Teli on 26th of August 2018 and they have started an investigation in this re...

Uri Shuts Down in Protest Against the Murder of 9 Year old Girl

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September 03  A complete shutdown is being observed today in Boniyar area of Uri against the alleged murder of a minor girl. The protesters hit  roads on  Monday blocking Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road against the death of a minor girl at Larri Trikanjan area of Boniyar. The protestors are demanding identification of culprits behind the killing of minor girl Muskan Jan.  Muskan Jan, a 9 year old girl went missing on August 23, Her decomposed body was spotted on Sunday in the forest area barely a kilometre away from her residence. However civil administration  reached on the spot and restored the traffic on the highway.

MBA Pass out From Jammu Region Joins Militancy

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September 03 A youth from Doda District in Jammu has joined Militant ranks making him one of the at least 135 youth to have joined Militant ranks this year. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Haroon Abbas Wani, a son of Ghulam Abbas Wani from Jammu's Doda District has joined Militant outfit, Hizb ul Mujahideen. The 21 year old, a Post graduate in business Administration was missing from his home in Furqaan abad area  of Doda District.buy clomid online buy clomid no prescription His photo holding an Ak 47 Rifle has gone viral over the social networking. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that they're checking the authenticity of the photo that has appeared on the internet. (The Kashmiriyat)

For the First time in a Decade, Number of Active Militants crosses 300

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September 03 For the first time in a decade, the number of listed militants in Jammu Kashmir has crossed 300. For the past 10 years, the number of active militants hovered around 200 except in 2013 when only 78 militants were active in the Valley — this was the lowest figure since militancy erupted in the state in 1990. The main reason for the high number of militants has been local recruitment since 2017. As per records, 126 Valley youths picked up guns in 2017- which was the highest number since 2010 and this year over 135 have Joined the Militancy so far. The report compiled by the JK Police in early August reveals that 327 militants are active of which 211 are locals and 116 are foreigners. Of the listed militants, 181 are active in the volatile south Kashmir district...

Police Book Kashmiri Journalist Under Militancy case

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September 01 A Kashmir based journalist Asif Sultan who works for Kashmir Narrator and has been under Police custody for the past six days has been booked in a Militancy case. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that the journalist was arrested from his home during a nocturnal raid and his phone, laptop were also siezed by Jammu Kashmir Police. They said that Police barged into his room and frisked everything in his room. Police has told media that Asif has been formally arrested in recent incidents that took place in Batamaloo area of Srinagar. He was initially questioned for a cover story that he had written for a Srinagar based monthly magazine, Kashmir narrator. The story was on Burhan Wani, the popular Hizb Commander killed on July 08, 2016. Asif is an assistant editor with...

23 Year Islamabad Youth Dies Under Mysterious Circumstances

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September 01 A 23 year old young boy was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Khwaja Mir Ali area of Cheeni Chowk in South Kashmir's Islamabad township early morning on Saturday. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Uzair Yousuf Wagay son of Mohammed Yousuf Wagay aged 23 was found lying unconscious on the third storey of his house. The Family upon finding him in an unconscious state rushed him to the hospital, but upon reaching the District hospital in Islamabad (Anantnag), he was declared dead by the doctors. Uzair had recently completed his MBA from a Chandigarh college and was now working in JIO Communications, a friend of Uzair told The Kashmiriyat.

Two SPOs Announce Resignation in South Kashmir

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August 31 Two More Special Police Officers on Friday announced their resignation from Jammu Kashmir Police in Masjids in the Tral and Qazigund areas of South Kashmir. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Bilal Ahmed Kumar announced his resignation at Midoora Tral and Faisal Ahmed Shah of Panzath Qazigund whose father was killed in a suspected Militant attack last year in Islamabad (Anantnag) in the Local Masjids of their respective areas. ALSO READ: 9 SPOs From South Kashmir announce that they have quit jobs They added that the duo had sent letters announcing that they have quit the Police job and handed it over to the Local Imam who announced their resignation on Friday congregation. Faisal Ahmed Shah is the brother of Zohra whose photo had went viral over media channels after...

11 Relatives of Policemen Kidnapped after an Audio of Naveed Jatt Surfaced on Internet

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August 31 The Kidnappings of the kin of Policemen that began after the vandalization of the Militant houses in South Kashmir has reached 11. Sources informed The Kashmiriyat that four more relatives of Jammu Kashmir Policemen have been abducted adding to the earlier number of seven kidnappings. The kidnappings come a day after the houses of two Militants Naveed Babu from Pulwama and Shah jahan from Shopian were allegedly set ablaze by troops, the father of Hizb commander, Riyaz Ahmed Naikoo and Lateef Tigers's two brothers and father were arrested. On Wednesday night, an audio clip in the name of Naveed Jutt, the Lashkar Commander went viral over social networking sites. "We will now respond to the harassment of the families of Militants," Jatt was heard saying in the almost...

Relatives of Seven Policemen Kidnapped in South Kashmir

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August 31 High alert has been sounded in South Kashmir post Seven relatives of Jammu Kashmir Policemen have been abducted by suspected Militants in South Kashmir. Reports reaching The Kashmiriyat revealed that the gunmen on Thursday evening abducted Gowhar Ahmad, brother of a Deputy Superintendent of Police from Katapora, Kulgam,Zubair Ahmad, son of a policeman from Arwani area of Kulgam district; Sumar Ahmad Rather, son of a policeman from Yaripora, Kulgam, Faizan Ahmad, son of a policeman from Kharpora, Kulgam and Arif Ahmed, brother of a middle-rung police officer from Arwani. Earlier on Thursday, gunmen had abducted abducted Nasir Ahmad, son of a policeman from Midoora Tral and on Wednesday Asif Ahmad, son of a local policeman Rafiq Ahmad Rather, from Pinglish village of Tral ...

Fear prevails among mainstream Politicians, workers as Militants, Forces follow Tit for Tat

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August 30 In the past few weeks, a tit for tat policy of forces and militants have left the mainstream politicians and workers worried and are dreading them to step out of their homes. "We have not regained the political space in South Kashmir that was lost after the killing of Hizb commander Burhan Muzaffar wani on 8 July last year,"a senior worker of People's democratic party from Shopian's Wachi constituency told The Kashmiriyat. He added that during 2016 uprising, the locals were attacking us and now militants have directly started to attack us. He added that no one is able to support any mainstream party in most parts of South Kashmir yet, as the one who supports us is considered traitor here. The forces allegedly vandalized the houses of Militants including Azad Dada in ...