Posted on 08/04/2019 12:16:39 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Thousands of people, including tourists and Hindu pilgrims, are leaving Indian-administered Kashmir after local officials issued a security alert.
Indian authorities warned of a "terror threat" against Hindu pilgrims heading to the Amarnath shrine.
Militants backed by Pakistan were planning an attack on the annual pilgrimage, officials have said.
India accuses Pakistan of backing militant groups based in Kashmir, something denied by Pakistan.
The 45-day pilgrimage began on 1 July and about 300,000 pilgrims have visited the cave shrine, located high in the Himalayan mountains, according to AP news agency.
Kashmir's government has advised them to leave the area "immediately", causing panic as visitors scramble to organise transport.
Around 20,000 Hindu pilgrims and Indian tourists, as well as more than 200,000 labourers, were in the process of leaving the region, a local government official told Reuters news agency.
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Hindu pilgrims killed in militant attack in Kashmir 11 July 2017
Seven Hindu pilgrims, six of them women, have been killed in a militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir after their bus apparently got caught in crossfire.
The bus was returning from the Amarnath Cave pilgrimage site in the Anantnag district when the attack took place.
Police told the BBC the target appeared to be a nearby counter-insurgency base.
The attack, which also left 19 injured, is likely to heighten tensions in the disputed region.
g'night all.
Why the Muslims resort to killing non-believers? What is wrong with old style tried and true proselytizing?
Now look, quit trying to screw with their methods, they've been using them with success for fourteen centuries. /s
Muhammad tried for 13 years in Mecca to convert by talking.
It didn't work out.
The Infidels beat up and ridiculed his small band of converts and then planned to kill Muhammad,
He and his good friend Abu Bakr made a run for it 200 miles north to Medina ,where he decided no more just talk-convert or die.
This was highly successful and has worked for the last 1400 years. - Tom
Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti placed under house arrest; curfew imposed in Kashmir
“There shall be no movement of the public. All educational institutions shall remain closed. There will be a complete bar on any kind of public meetings or rallies during the period of operation of this order. Identity cards of essential services officials will be treated as movement passes wherever required,” read the order.”
Here’s how India’s decision to cut Kashmir’s autonomy will affect South Asia — and the world
[Muzzie Bro’hood coddling Wash Compost]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/09/heres-how-indias-decision-cut-kashmirs-autonomy-will-affect-south-asia-world/
India is fanning the flames of conflict in Kashmir. Now 8,000 Pakistanis are protesting [USA Today]
Associated Press
Published 10:03 a.m. ET Aug. 9, 2019
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/08/09/kashmir-pakistanis-protest-near-india-embassy-against-bjp-action/1965082001/
The Latest: Strict Curfew Eased in Kashmir, Tensions High
By Associated Press, Wire Service Content [US News]
Aug. 9, 2019, at 2:55 p.m.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2019-08-09/the-latest-curfew-to-be-eased-for-prayers-in-kashmir
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