REGIONAL

October 30 Following a specific input about Militant movement, the Government Forces jointly launched a cordon and search operation in the Palhalan area of Pattan in North Kashmir's Baramulla District. On late afternoon on Tuesday, the forces including  RR of Indian Army, CRPF and Jammu Kashmir police sealed all the entry and exit points to the Palhallan area. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that a heavy contingent of forces reached this Baramulla locality and are conducting a search operation in the area. Youth hit the streets as soon as troops launched a joint operation. Shouting Pro Independence and Pro Militancy slogans, the youth hit the streets throwing stones on Government Forces. The troops fired tear smoke shells to disperse the protesting youth, Locals told The Kash...

October 29 Three Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have been injured when suspected Militants attacked their vehicle at Panthachowk in Outskirts of Srinagar district. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that the militants late evening on  Monday opened fire upon the BSF vehicle at Panthachowk resulting in injuries to three troopers All the injured were rushed to nearby hospital for treatment after which the forces launched a search operation in the area, Police officials confirmed the attack. Details emerging.  

October 29 After a brief exchange of gunfire near a police barricade in the outskirts of Srinagar, near Narbal area on Monday, three people were arrested by the police. One person in the vehicle was injured in the retaliation gunfire from the government forces, while two others have been taken into custody by the police. As per the sources the three militants who have been taken into custody are identified as Aqib Dhobi, Zahid Rather and Tariq Sheikh, who are all from South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. While as rumors on social media said that Naveed Jatt, a Lashkar-e-Toiba commander was arrested. A senior police official denied the reports of Naveed Jatt being one among those arrested. As per reports a car was signaled to stop by a Naka party. The persons traveling in the ve...

October 29 The Government forces on Monday claimed to have arrested three militants near Noora Hospital in Narbal area of Srinagar. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that three militants were arrested after the militants opened the fire on Government forces near Narbal area in Srinagar on Monday afternoon. Reportedly one Top militant commander has also been arrested. However the identity of the militants is being ascertained, sources said. Details Emerging. (The Kashmiriyat)

September 29 Nearly 160 Youths from Jammu Kashmir have been recruited into Militancy this year, the highest since 2010, officials said here. According to figures available to The Kashmiriyat till till October 25, nearly  163 youths have joined various Militant outfits with South Kashmir's Shopian district contributing the maximum of 50 so far. The number of local recruits in 2017 was 126, this despite at least 220 Militants being killed the last year. As per a report published in New Indian Express, many youngsters are joining the Militant outfits including Hizb ul Mujahideen, Lashkar e Taiba and Jaish e Muhammad. Al Badr also saw a new rise in the Kashmir valley. The report further reads that, The acceptance for Zakir Musa's group is steadily increasing among locals as Zaki...

October 27 Shabir Khan Amid the growing civilian and Militant Causalities throughout Kashmir, an encounter that went almost unnoticed was the one that raged in Baramulla on Friday morning. After nearly five hours of intense fighting, two Pakistani Militants had been killed in the gunfight, the forces including 29RR, Jammu Kashmir Police had jointly held the operation at Pazalpora village of Dangiwacha Sopore. Acting on a specific intelligence, CRPF, 22 Rashtriya Rifles and SOG launched an operation, A group of two militants Abu Maaz were trapped. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that two Pakistani Militants, Abu Maaz and Ali who had been active in North Kashmir for six years and two years respectively have been laid to rest with Islamic rituals in a North Kashmir graveyard. ...

October 27 The Locals in Cheerkot area of Lolab in North Kashmir's Kupwara District have accused the Government Forces of vandalization in the locality during nocturnal raids. Locals from the area told The Kashmiriyat that forces barged into several houses in this Lolab area and smashed the window panes and the doors of the houses. "People normally think, house (shelter) is a safe space, but we Kashmiris are not safe even in our houses, Forces enter our houses and do whatever they want," a Cheerkot resident told The Kashmiriyat. They said that forces also abused men and women and before they left they had caused a huge damage to civilian property. An Official refuted the claims and said that the forces do not conduct such 'uncivil' behavior.

October 27 Restrictions have been imposed in most of the towns in the Kashmir valley on Saturday as the valley has shut down from North to South against the landing of Indian army in the valley on the same day in 1947. In Pulwama township, the Government Forces have imposed restrictions as a large number of troopers are standing guard around the main town to thwart any protest, reported Jahangeer Ganie. A Complete shutdown is being observed in the district amid pro Freedom Taranas in many Masjids. In Shopian township, the Government Forces are standing vigil to protect any "Untoward" incident. Our Shopian Reporter Sikander Gul reported that the vehicles of Government Forces are doing round of the entire township. From Kulgam, Mohammed Ashraf Ganie said that the Kulgam tow...

October 26 Ummat e Islami Jammu Kashmir on Thursday visited the families of slain civilians and Militants Killed in South Kashmir since Sunday. Ummat e Islami also paid glowing tributes to the slain civilians and the youth killed in separate incidents throughout the Kashmir valley. Waheed Ahmed Khan who was recently elected as the head of the core group of Ummat e Islami led a team of Ummat e Islami to visit the families of slain civilians who were killed in an explosion in the Laroo area of Kulgam. The team that visited the families of slain youth included Gulzar Ahmed Madni, Riyaz Ahed Qadri, Iqbal Ahmed Shah, Bilal Ahmed Mir. Addressing the gathering here Gulzar Madni said," The explosives were planted and local population was targeted for supporting the pro Freedom struggle." He ...

October 26 The Kashmir valley is now often gripped with deadly silence, with tangled coils of concertina wires blocking its alleys. Indian troops in battle gear rove the streets in this Himalayan valley of fabled beauty. In a span of less than 5 Days, 18 Kashmiris have been killed in a fresh wave of violence, which includes eight civilians and nine Militants from north to South Kashmir. The Kashmiriyat reported that seven civilians and three Militants were killed in the Laroo area of South Kashmir's Kulgam District on 21st October, the civilians were killed in an explosion when Forces left an encounter site without sanitizing it. On 24 October, two more Militants including an M.Phil Scholar, Sabzar Ahmed Sofi were killed in a gunfight with Government Forces in the Nowgam area o...