Kashmir Militancy Archives - The Kashmiriyat

Mar252019 by Qazi ShibliNo Comments

‘Why Youth Pick Guns’-The New Age Militancy of Kashmir-

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Qazi Shibli Khalid Abbas, Senior Software Engineer based in Bangalore, is worried about the success of the e-business he is about to launch, due to the frequent internet bans. Unofficial data reveals that in the past three months internet has been blocked more than two dozen times in various parts of Kashmir valley, mainly down in the four districts of Southern Kashmir, Pulwama, Kulgam, Islamabad (Anantnag) and Shopian. Khalid, 29 is a resident of South Kashmir. Since 2010, agencies in India have fixed their gaze over the four districts of the Southern Kashmir –Islamabad (Anantnag), Shopian, Pulwama and Kulgam. Post-2010, there has been a drastic rise in the number of local youth taking up arms from here. Encounters between Militants and Government forces are daily news and the local...

Dec102018 by News DeskNo Comments

Kashmir Tales- The Base of a Dreaded Ikhwani and the Home of Teenage Militants

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December 10 In 1995, a bride was kidnapped by the men of a known counter insurgent from the Parray Mohalla of Hajin in Bandipora District. The bride was forcefully married to the kidnapper on the Same evening and the next morning, Ikhwanis abducted the man she was supposed to get married to and tortured in custody. “He was released after his family paid a sum of Rs 40,000 to the close men of the counter insurgent, but the next day, he went missing, Nobody knows what happened to that boy, some say he committed suicide, but nobody is certain, may be he was killed by the men of Kuka Parrey,” a resident of Parray Mohalla told The Kashmiriyat. Mohammad Yusuf Parray, better known as Kuka Parray, was a former MLA and one of the pioneer of counter-insurgency movement in Kashmir and the fo...

Aug292018 by News DeskNo Comments

Encounter Breaker and Oldest Hizb Operative Killed- Who was Altaf Kaczroo?

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August 29 A resident of Hawoora area of Quimoh belt of Kulgam district in south Kashmir, Altaf Ahmed Dar alias Kaczchroo aged 37 was the oldest operative of Hizb ul Mujahideen in the Kashmir valley. He joined Militant ranks in 2006 and was arrested in August 2007 in a brief encounter with the Government forces. Locals informed The Kashmiriyat that Altaf was living normal life after being released from the custody but got active in November 2012. "He was known as encounter breaker. I have lost count of the number of times he managed to flee from encounter sites, including once in Frisal,” a senior police officer from Kulgam once told a news agency. ALSO READ: Thousands of People gather outside the House of Altaf Kaczroo in Kulgam Dar was one of the Hizb-Ul-Mujahideen’s top...

Aug282018 by News DeskNo Comments

Forces Ransack the House of Islamabad Militant

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August 28 The Government Forces on Sunday night allegedly barged into the house of Burhan Ahmed Ganie at S.K Colony in Islamabad (Anantnag) township and ransacked the household items. A family member while speaking to The Kashmiriyat alleged that late night on Sunday, the troops barged into the house of Burhan Ganie, at S.K Colony and searched the house till 2:30 am, only after they broke the household items and ransacked the property. "The father of Burhan was abused verbally, even though he pleaded that he was unwell," the family member said. ALSO READ: ISLAMABAD MOTHER MAKES EMOTIONAL APPEAL TO MILITANT SON Alleging that the troops forcibly made their entry into the house, they woke the inmates up and started thrashing the household items, even though the family has reque...

Aug182018 by News DeskNo Comments

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

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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...