March 08 An army soldier was abducted by unknown gunmen at Qazipora area in Chadoora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday late evening. Sources told The Kashmiriyar that an Army soldier identified Mohammad Yaseen of JAKLI unit  was abducted from his home at Qazipora by unknown gunmen. They said that  the rifleman was on leave till March 31. Immediately, a joint team of police and army rushed to the spot to ascertain the details. A massive search operation was launched in Qazipora, Chadoora and borders of neighboring Pulwama district.

March 08 The father of Adil Ahmad Dar who drove his explosive laden car into a convoy of Indian paramilitary Forces, killing 49 of them and himself in the deadliest attack in the Kashmir Valley on 14 February has said that he is proud of his son. Ghulam Hassan Dar, in an interview with The Independent has said that he searched his son everywhere in March last year, when he went missing, but could not find him anywhere. A month later, an image was pasted on Facebook confirming that he had joined Militancy in kashmir. Dar had joined Jaish e Muhammad, an armed Islamist group that seeks to force India from its half of Kashmir. In this interview, he told The Independent, that he feels “extremely sad” for the families of the paramilitary officers killed by his son. “I am sorry for th...