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License to kill granted by weaponising counter-terrorism

Unless we turn to an empathetic and psychological approach for the reintegration of Kashmir and a more reformed outlook at our counter-terrorism strategies, we would be looking at several impotent aggressive measures that lack direct engagement. 

‘No firing from another side’: Locals question police version on Rambagh ‘encounter’

Politicians, activists and families in the Valley have questioned the official version after the Jammu and Kashmir police claimed that three militants including a commander of The Resistance Front (TRF) were killed in a brief shootout in Rambagh area in uptown Srinagar on Wednesday.
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We were abducted, used as human shields by Indian army, Kashmiris share ordeal

"They [forces] threatened me to shut my family up, otherwise, they would kill them," he said. "I then left with them," Amir Niyaz said. Maktoob speaks to two Kashmiri men including Niyaz who were abducted from home and used as human shields by the Indian army.

Kashmir: Lieutenant Governor orders magisterial probe into civilian killings

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the Hyderpora killings.
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Kashmir: Police detain family members demanding return of dead bodies of killed civilians

Jammu and Kashmir Police have detained family members of Altaf Ahmad Bhat and Mudasir Gul who were killed by Indian armed forces. The family members were on a sit-in protest demanding the return of the dead bodies of their kin at Press Colony in Srinagar.

“Used as human shield,” accuse family of Kashmiri killed in police gunfight

“My father was innocent. He was not a militant. He was a civilian...He was afraid of security forces. Wherever there used to be any untoward incident outside, he would stay indoors and ask chachu [uncle] to check what is happening outside,” daughter of Altaf, who is in her 8th grades at IMI, said in a murmuring voice.
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