July 29
One more youth from South Kashmir has picked arms and posed with an AK 47 rifle to tell his family that he has joined Militant ranks.
The youth has been identified as Aarif Ahmed Mir Son of Abdul Rehman Mir a resident of Pahalgam area in South Kashmir’s Islamabad (Anantnag) District.
Locals from Pahalgam told The Kashmiriyat that Aarif had been missing from his home for more than a week now.
The family looked for him everywhere and today his photo appeared on the social networking with him announcing his entry into the militant outfit Lashkar e Taiba.
South Kashmir districts have witnessed a surge in youth joining the Militant ranks after the encounter of Burhan Wani on July 08, 2016.
Militancy this year has seen a huge rise after the three encounter that were held on a single day on April 01 in South Kashmir ending with the death of 13 local Militants.
The Himalayan region has seen large number of youth picking up arms since an armed insurgency began against the Indian rule in 1988.
Since their partition both India and Pakistan have fought three wars claiming the region in its entirety.