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Jul22018 by News DeskNo Comments

105 Militants Killed So Far in 2018

REGIONAL

July 02 As of 30 June 2018, a total of 105 militants and 21 Government Force personnel have been killed in Kashmir this year, as per figures available to The Kashmiriyat. A unilateral ceasefire was declared by the Indian Government on 14 May when the Government forces were asked not to launch operations during Ramadan, during that month 24 Militants were killed. The Centre soon announced the resumption of intelligence-based cordon-and-search-operations in the state on June 17, 2018. The Indian home minister Rajnath Singh took to Twitter to announce that the government of India had decided not to extend the suspension of operations in Jammu Kashmir. The bloodiest day this year was 01 April when Encounters raged at three different places in South Kashmir, a total of 13 Militan...

Jul12018 by News DeskNo Comments

Another South Kashmir Youth Joins Al Badr

SHOPIAN

July 01 Another Youth from South Kashmir has joined Militant ranks making him reportedly the 90th youth to have joined Militant ranks this year. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Dar Shakeel, a resident of Chillipora area in South Kashmir's Shopian has joined Militant outfit, Al Badr. The 22 year old was missing from his home in Chillipora which is a nearby area to Heff Shermal, the home to many slain commander including Saddam Padder and Waseem Shah. South Kashmir have been joining Militancy swiftly since the three encounters of April 01 when 13 Militants were killed in a single day. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that they are checking the authenticity of the photo that has appeared on the internet.

Jun292018 by News DeskNo Comments

Pulwama Gunfight- 3 Militants Reportedly Killed-Live Updates

PULWAMA

June 29 Three Militants have reportedly been killed at Pulwama where an encounter had raged at Chatpora area in South Kashmir on Friday afternoon. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that 55 RR of Indian Army, CRPF and Jammu Kashmir police are jointly conducting the Militancy Operation. Earlier forces had lainched a cordon and search operation in the area. The hiding Militants opened fire upon the troops, triggering a Gunfight. Massive Clashes have Erupted in the area as hundreds of youth from the nearby villages have reached Chatpora area shouting pro Freedom and Pro Islam slogans. The youth hurled stones on Government Forces who in retaliation fired tear smoke shells to disperse the protesting youth. The clashes were going on when this report was filed while interm...

Jun262018 by News DeskNo Comments

At least 240 Militants Active in the valley, 59 Foreigners

REGIONAL

June 26 The Jammu Kashmir Police has said that 243 Militants are active in Jammu Kashmir which includes a healthy number of Locals Militants and only 63 Foreigners. As Per Figures available to The Kashmiriyat more than 80 local youth have picked up arms in the first six months of 2018 despite intensified Anti Militancy operations raising concerns of Agencies. The Jammu Kashmir Police also claimed that 15 Militants are operating in the Jammu region while the remaining are mostly operational in the southern part of Kashmir, which has seen a huge surge in Militant recruitment since the killing of Burhan Wani on 08 July, 2016. This year, Ph.D Scholar Manan wani, Professor Mohammed Rafi Bhat and an M.buy synthroid Canada langleyrx.com/synthroid.html no prescription Phil Scholar, Zub...

Jun112018 by News DeskNo Comments

71 % Of New Age Militants Are Hanfi, 23 % Jamaat e Islami, 2 % are Salafis, Claims Report

REGIONAL

June 10 The Jammu and Kashmir Police has conducted an intensive study of 156 local youth who joined militancy from 2010-2016. The 74 Page report as accessed by The Indian Express is based on the interviews of the families, friends, relatives and the affiliates of the militants. The report also negates the radicalization factor and says most (71%) of the new age militants come from Hanafiya families against 3 per cent of Salafi families and 23% from Jama’at e Islami families. Some of the Highlights of the report are: 32 percent of youths who joined militancy had passed Class X. 19 per cent undergraduates and graduates while 7 per cent were post-graduates constitute. 56 per cent had studied in government schools, 34 per cent had studied in both government and private school...

May62018 by News DeskNo Comments

Nobody Informed Army, Our Phone Call was Traced, Saddam told Family in the last call

WRITE-UPS

May 06 I visited the house of Heff Shermal in Shopian the last month to meet the father of Saddam Padder; who suspiciously looked at me and fired a series of questions, who are you? Which Agency do you work for* *Ghulam Mohuddin Padder upon hearing that I am a journalist looked amazed. It was the first that some journalist had come to meet him. Lying in the corner of his one story house Ghulam Mohuddin Padder recited the ordeal of how his son Saddam up in Heff Shermal area of Shopian. “He was very active and a naughty child.” “He would ask for my permission to go to school, later when I went to cut wood in the fields, I would see him at a distance,” his father who is a wood cutter and an orchardist remembers. ‘‘Along with Waseem Shah (another local Militant), the Government Forces...