Thousands detained, homes blown up: Kashmiris tell of crackdown ‘living hell’
Indian authorities’ response to deadly attack on tourists sparks fear, anxiety and bad memories across KashmirWhen the news broke of the bloody attack in the Kashmir’s popular rolling valleys of Pahalgam, in which militant gunmen shot dead 25 tourists and a guide, Ahmad felt sickened.In a region so familiar with bloodshed and the loss of innocent lives, the gut-wrenching stories that emerged – of newlyweds being killed, of victims singled out and targeted for their religion – brought back his own memories of grief and loss growing up in Kashmir. Continue reading...
Indian authorities’ response to deadly attack on tourists sparks fear, anxiety and bad memories across Kashmir
When the news broke of the bloody attack in the Kashmir’s popular rolling valleys of Pahalgam, in which militant gunmen shot dead 25 tourists and a guide, Ahmad felt sickened.
In a region so familiar with bloodshed and the loss of innocent lives, the gut-wrenching stories that emerged – of newlyweds being killed, of victims singled out and targeted for their religion – brought back his own memories of grief and loss growing up in Kashmir. Continue reading...
