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Removal Of Special Status Roils Muslim-Majority Kashmir

5:57am August 06, 2019

by Lauren Frayer

India's move to remove Kashmir's autonomy and tighten its control over the country's only Muslim-majority state has provoked opposition from Kashmiri Muslims — and neighboring Pakistan.

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Indian Home Minister Amit Shah arrives at the Parliament on Monday carrying a copy of a confidential document that lists the procedure for revoking Kashmir's special status in New Delhi.

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In Unprecedented Move, India Revokes Kashmir's Special Status, Sparks Fears Of Unrest

8:36am August 05, 2019

In the days ahead of the move, India placed local politicians under house arrest, ordered tourists to evacuate and sent tens of thousands of troops into the region.

Skiers line up at the only chairlift in Gulmarg, a resort in Indian-administered Kashmir.

Surrounded By Military Barracks, Skiers Shred The Himalayan Slopes Of Indian Kashmir

9:54pm March 20, 2019

by Lauren Frayer

Kashmir, disputed between India and Pakistan, is the site of a decades-long insurgency. It is also a winter sports haven. During recent airstrikes and shelling, a ski station remained open.

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Indian protesters in Mumbai burn posters of Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan during a demonstration against the Feb. 14 attack that killed more than 40 Indian policemen in the Kashmir region.

Pakistan's Long Support For Militants Puts The Country In A Bind

8:11am March 10, 2019

by Greg Myre

Pakistan has long supported militants fighting to its east in India and to its west in Afghanistan. The country says it's cracking down on militants, but many critics are skeptical.

Pakistani soldiers stand next to what Pakistan says is the wreckage of an Indian fighter jet shot down in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir in the Bhimber district near the Line of Control on Wednesday.

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Pakistan Says It's Holding Indian Pilot After Jet Shot Down In Cross-Border Airstrike

10:04pm February 27, 2019

by Lauren Frayer

Both sides claim to have shot down the others' warplanes in what amounts to a major escalation of tensions between the rival nuclear powers.

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Snowflakes began accumulating on the turf by halftime during a Feb. 6 game at Real Kashmir's home stadium in Srinagar. The coach of the visiting team said later that some members of his team, from southern India, had never seen snow.

Against The Odds, A Pro Soccer Team In Kashmir Is Close To Winning India's Top Title

8:02am February 24, 2019

by Lauren Frayer

Real Kashmir FC is less than three years old and plays soccer in a troubled Himalayan region prone to violence, strikes and heavy snow. Soldiers with machine guns patrol the home stadium.

A mob in India set fire to vehicles on Friday, in protest of Thursday's attack on a paramilitary convoy in Kashmir.

India Vows 'Befitting Reply' After Attack On Security Forces In Kashmir

12:45pm February 15, 2019

The government says it is taking steps to isolate Pakistan, which it blames for Thursday's fatal bombing. Pakistan calls the violence a result of "brutalities of Indian occupied forces in Kashmir."

Indian security forces inspect the remains of a vehicle following an attack on a Central Reserve Police Force convoy that killed at least 44 officers and injured several others in Kashmir south of Srinagar on Thursday.

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Car Bomber Kills 44 Police Troops In Indian-Controlled Kashmir

7:12pm February 14, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

"The blast was so powerful that one cannot recognize whether the [police] vehicle was a bus or a truck. Just pieces of mangled steel," a police force spokesman said of the attack on Thursday.

Villagers inspects the damage after their home were gutted by firing from the Pakistan side of the border at Jora farm village last week in Ranbir Singh Pura district of Jammu, India.

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India, Pakistan Agree To Kashmir Cease-Fire After Months Of Cross-Border Shelling

3:33pm May 30, 2018

by Scott Neuman

For nearly a year and a half, the two sides have traded artillery across the heavily fortified demarcation that separates Indian and Pakistani areas of control.

Kashmiri protesters engulfed in tear-gas face down Indian paramilitary troops during a demonstration Sunday against the killing of rebels in Srinagar, in Indian-administered Kashmir.

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After Violence Erupts In Kashmir, Disputed Region Shutters Storefronts In Strike

11:15pm April 02, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Raids on militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir became full gun battles last weekend, leaving at least 20 people dead. Pakistani leaders condemned the violence.