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Aug272018 by News DeskNo Comments

15 Boys Left Militancy, South Kashmir Limping back to Normalcy, Says IGP

REGIONAL

August 27 The Inspector General of Police SP Pani on Monday said that over 15 boys from South Kashmir have shun the path of militancy from past couple of months with the active role and support of their family members. He said police will help those youth in every possible way who want to join mainstream. “The graph of violence has come down drastically in some of the militancy affected areas of South Kashmir,” Pani told news agency CNS. “Yesterday, four youth were arrested in frontier district Kupwara when they were trying to ex-filtrate. We are questioning them and hopefully after counseling they will be rehabilitated,” he said. He also claimed that Little by little, some restive parts of South Kashmir are limping back towards normalcy.

Aug262018 by News DeskNo Comments

After Report on Kashmir, Al Jazeera may soon Disappear from Indian TVs

INTERNATIONAL

August 26 Al Jazeera, the international News Channel has landed into trouble likely after post it telecasted a report on the situation in Jammu Kashmir which many believe has upset the Indian Security Agencies. The Channel may soon have to stop broadcasting throughout India as the Indian Home Ministry has withdrawn the security clearance given to the Doha based English news channel. "The decision of clearance of broadcasting has to be issued or rejected by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, our role is limited to security," Times of India quoted an official from Indian Home Ministry as having said. The Official has also told the newspaper that Al Jazeera has appealed the Government to not stop the broadcasting of the news Channel. (The Kashmiriyat)

Aug262018 by News DeskNo Comments

Massive Clashes Erupt During CASO in Pulwama Area

PULWAMA

August 26 Following a specific input about Militant movement, the Government Forces jointly launched a cordon and search operation in the Maczpuna area of South Kashmir's Pulwama District. Late afternoon on Sunday, the forces including 55 RR of Indian Army, CRPF and Jammu Kashmir police sealed all the entry and exit points to the Maczpuna area. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that a heavy contingent of forces reached this Pulwama locality and are conducting a search operation in the area. Youth in large numbers hit the streets as soon as troops launched a joint operation. Shouting Pro Freedom 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 Kashmiriya...

Aug262018 by News DeskNo Comments

131 Youth Have Joined Militancy till July 31, Zakir Musa Gaining ground in Kashmir

OTHERS

August 26 Nearly 130 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 July 31, nearly 131 youths have joined various Militant outfits with South Kashmir's Shopian district contributing the maximum of 35 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, many youngsters are joining the Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, a group which claims support of Al-Qaeda and is headed by Zakir Rashid Bhat alias Musa, who is an engineer from Noorpora in the Tral area of South Kashmir's Pulwama district. The report further reads that, The acceptance for this group is steadily increasing among loca...

Aug242018 by News DeskNo Comments

Search Lights Installed, Door to Door Search Operation Continues in Shopian Area

SHOPIAN

August 24 The Government Forces on Friday jointly launched a cordon and search operation in the the Moolu Chitragam area of South Kashmir's Shopian District. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that the forces including 44 RR of Indian Army and Jammu Kashmir Police sealed all the entry and exit points to the Moolu Chitragam area. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that a heavy contingent of forces reached this Moolu Chitragam locality and are conducting a search operation in the area. The forces installed LED Lights as a massive door to door search operation is underway. Pertinently Moolu Chitragam is the native to Mufti Tariq of Hizb ul Mujahideen. (The Kashmiriyat)

Aug182018 by News DeskNo Comments

Our Struggle is Bigger than Sects and Groups- Zakir Musa Disassociates himself from ISIS Again

REGIONAL

The Rebel Hizb Commander, Zakir Rashid Bhat alias Musa has released a fresh audio clip which is almost 16 minutes long, the clip has gone viral over Social Networking. Zakir Musa in this fresh audio says he is on the same path which was started by Mir Syed Ali Hamdani, the sufi saint who brought Islam to Kashmir almost seven hundred years ago. In this fresh audio, Zakir Musa has said that the struggle of Islam should not be confined to sects, but its bigger than any sect. "People should overcome sects and fight the struggle of Islam by being united," Zakir is heard saying. ALSO READ: Zakir Musa is becoming the Moses brought up in the courtyard of Pharaoh Responding to speculations and rumours, Zakir is also heard denouncing that he is a part of ISIS. "I or my organization do no...

Aug162018 by News DeskNo Comments

At least 500 Locals have Joined Militancy Since 2010

REGIONAL

July 16 The Kashmir valley has been seeing a constant rise in the number of Militant recruitment after the fall the summer uprising of 2010. Reports estimate that as many as 500 local youth have become militants out of whom the majority have come from South Kashmir. A report by Indian agencies has spotlighted the spread of the militancy that was quelled in 2010, but surged after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8, 2016. According to a report, 88 youths from 68 villages of North Kashmir districts have joined militancy since 2010. Typically, a fresh recruit today announces his entry into militant ranks by posing with a gun and posting that picture on social media. His family then approaches police with a missing report to avoid trouble. Even th...

Aug162018 by News DeskNo Comments

CASO Launched in Pahalgam Area

ISLAMABAD

August 16 A Cordon and Search Operation has been launched in the Yaned area of Pahalgam in South Kashmir's Islamabad (Anantnag) District on Thursday. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Government Forces including 3 RR of Indian Army and Jammu Kashmir Police launched a joint Anti Militancy operation in the area following specific input about Militant presence in the yaned area. Locals said that a heavy contingent of Forces have reached the area and are conducting a search operation in the area. The search operation was going on when this report was filed. yaned is the native of Arif Ahmed Mir, the slain Militant who was recently killed in the Kiloora Shopian encounter.

Aug142018 by News DeskNo Comments

Hizb Planning to Shift Base from South to North Kashmir- Agencies

REGIONAL

August 14 The Militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen is now shifting focus from South to North Kashmir. So far, their base has been South Kashmir, but after the Operation All Out and the heavy casualty the group has suffered, the Militant group, as per a report is planning to shift its base to North Kashmir. According to Intelligence Agencies of India, Hizbul is working on North Kashmir for two purposes. First, drawing more North Kashmir youth to Join Militancy and secondly, providing local support to the Militants who cross from other side of the border. More than 250 Militants are active in Kashmir and most of them are operational in South Kashmir. Of these, nearly 75 percent of the Militants are local. ALSO READ: No Let up in South Kashmir Militancy- More Youth Continue to Join ...

Aug132018 by News DeskNo Comments

Basit Mir- The Militant and his Two Best Friends

REGIONAL

August 13 MURTAZA GULL The Uprising of 2016 is one of the most memorable events of the recent past, Hundreds killed, thousands injured and of course for the pellet horror. In August that year, the Government Forces raided the houses of three friends in Islamabad township, one was the house of Yawar Nisar, a resident of Shirpora Islamabad (Anantnag), Majid Khan, a resident of Lazibal in Islamabad (Anantnag) and Basit Mir of Pushwara locality of the same township in South Kashmir. Yawar Nisar was constantly harassed by the state. He was profiled in the Police stations, then arrested, harrased both physically and mentally. On July 13, last year he went missing from his home, his parents looked for him everywhere till 04 August, when his bullet ridden body reached his wailing mother. ...