Posted on 07/20/2016 6:31:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Almost 45 people have been killed and more than 2,000 injured in 11 days of clashes between civilian protesters and Indian security forces in Kashmir.
Protesters in several districts of the Kashmir valley have defied a government curfew to throw stones at police and paramilitary forces. In response, the forces have used bullets, pellet guns and tear gas, leading to most of the deaths and injuries.
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The protests erupted on July 9 after the killing of 22-year-old Burhan Muzaffar Wani, a commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen, a militant group fighting for largely-Muslim Kashmir's independence from India. Huge crowds attended Wani's funeral. Even before his death he had become something of a poster boy for the new era of militancy in Kashmir.
Kashmir remains the primary focus of animosity between majority-Hindu India and its neighbor, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. There has been an armed insurgency along the disputed border for most of the past three decades, with rebels in India-administered Kashmir demanding either independence or a merger with Pakistan.
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Here is hoping that India never gives in.
Islam, being all peaceful like
“Almost 45 people have been killed...”
What is almost? 44.314?
Eliminate islam and end the problem.
ROFL!!!!! I can’t think of anything to top that!
What the #### is almost??
Not enough!!
“44.314 people killed”
Those must be some weak nuclear bombs.
‘Proudly often failing to read the article for 10+ years’
Wait: They have curfews for that?
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