Two killed, 25 injured in Kashmir protests
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SRINAGAR: Two people died and at least 25 others were injured Saturday as government forces fired tear gas and clashed with protesters demanding freedom from Indian control in held Kashmir.
A police officer said a young man was killed when police and paramilitary soldiers tried to stop protesters from marching to a village in Shopian district.
In another incident, a 25-year-old man died from pellet injuries in Anantnag district following clashes between police and protesters.
A prolonged curfew, communication blackouts and a tightening crackdown have failed to stop some of the largest protests in Kashmir against Indian rule in recent years, triggered by a rebel commander's killing on July 8.
Since then, tens of thousands of people have defied security restrictions, staged protests and clashed with government forces on a daily basis to seek an end to Indian rule.
At least 70 civilians have been killed and thousands injured, mostly by government forces firing bullets and shotguns at stone-throwing protesters. Two policemen have been killed and hundreds of government forces have been injured in the clashes.
Several militant groups have for decades fought Indian soldiers — currently numbering around 500,000 — deployed in the disputed region. Most Kashmiris want an end to Indian rule and favour independence or a merger with Pakistan.
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Sep 10, 2016 02:10pm
Well ofcourse but who cares? We Pakistani do nothing but talk empty words. And those indians are worse who justify this tyranny. Such a shame!
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Sep 10, 2016 02:10pm
Things going towards worse for humans..
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Sep 10, 2016 02:15pm
Barbarity of the indian occupation forces continue unabated. Salute to the martyrs, your sacrifice will not go in vain. This oppression and tyranny will end soon and you will see the dawn of Azadi.
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Sep 10, 2016 02:32pm
Shame on you india, the world's so called democracy, for all these brutalities against the innocent Kashmiris..!
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Sep 10, 2016 02:37pm
What are we waiting for. Just statements. These Indian tyrants are doing genocide of Kashmiris. The world should be apprised of their acts. If the world does not listen then we should take care of this matter ourself. For those who talk about India Pakistan Friendship this is an eye opener. Kashmir is not a part of India, Kashmir is not an internal matter of India. Kashmir should and must be given Freedom.
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Sep 10, 2016 02:45pm
@Pakistan First Last and Forever "If the world does not listen then we should take care of this matter ourself" can you do anything accept lip service ???
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Sep 10, 2016 02:49pm
“There is no doubt in my mind that much of the violence that has ravaged Kashmir continues to emanate from Delhi which continues with its policy of suppressing democratic dissent with brute force. When it was time for us to learn A for apple, B for ball, and C for cricket, we learned A for army, B for bullet and C for curfew. As we grew older, we learned newer terms like fake encounter, extra-judicial killing, custodial disappearance, and mass graves.” - Journalist Gowhar Geelani
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-37211760
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Sep 10, 2016 03:05pm
There is a vast infrastructure which instigates violence. A sensible approach would have been for all parties to declare violence as unacceptable.
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Sep 10, 2016 03:07pm
@Some Indian No not really, but you won't be able to do much other than the same when the time to take some action comes and we do take it.
Have a nice day.
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Sep 10, 2016 03:29pm
@Bharath - Violence is always the last resort when you don't listen to their aspirations for all these years!
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Sep 10, 2016 03:39pm
Simple law and order problem
If you attack law personal or break law you will be stopped by all means available
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Sep 10, 2016 03:50pm
@Some Indian Yes we can and we will at the appropriate time everything will fall in favor of kashmiri people and that is freedom from Indian occupation.
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Sep 10, 2016 03:57pm
Atrocities of India starts again.
freeKashmir.
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Sep 10, 2016 04:01pm
@LetsHavePeace The biggest lawbreaker is india which is refusing the Kashmiri people their legal right to decide their future in line with the UN resolutions and the relevant valid international law...
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Sep 10, 2016 04:08pm
@Pakistan First Last and Forever whether you like it or not Kashmir is an integral part of India and always will be
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Sep 10, 2016 04:11pm
Curfews are hard to live with, Both for the public and for governments. But sometimes it is a necessary to contain the deaths which would be much more otherwise. India has a soft heart for Kashmir's people but at the same time an iron hand for anarchists.
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Sep 10, 2016 04:13pm
Angry protestors demanding freedom from Indian control in held Kashmir. Why these innocent protestors are being killed?? Wake up, PM Modi. Wake up before its too late. Thanks
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Sep 10, 2016 04:12pm
The massacre, extermination and genocide of the hapless and helpless people of Jammu and Kashmir is on-going since last 70 years at the hands of the third biggest military machine in the world equipped with huge nuclear, biological and chemical weapons stockpile in its arsenal but the leaders and the people of the so-called "biggest democracy" are silent, numb, frozen and paralyzed. On top of that, the so-called civilized world led by the U.S. and its western allies are sleeping in-line with their national, financial, commercial and vested interests. What a great tragedy?
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Sep 10, 2016 04:21pm
@LetsHavePeace
Yes, and pretty soon you will be attacking all of their citizens.
Go impose your law and order within your own borders; Kashmir is not a part of India and it never will be.
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Sep 10, 2016 04:22pm
Death is always sad thing.
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Sep 10, 2016 04:27pm
Very Simple Solution, Open plebiscite, Who wants Pakistan give the percentage of land to Pak, who wants independent state give percentage land in the middle and rest of the land with India. That is only the solution.
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Sep 10, 2016 04:28pm
When the government of India read the news as 'two innocent Indians killed and 25 injured' and stops to look at Kashmir through a jaundiced perspective, there are chances of improvement in Kashmir.
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Sep 10, 2016 04:33pm
@LetsHavePeace Why people become violent or through stone on security force.
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Sep 10, 2016 05:06pm
Stop this genocide of innocent people of Kashmir listen to them what they want. It has gone too long these Kashmir people are human beings it is genocide. The world community should take notice.
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Sep 10, 2016 05:08pm
Sadly Kashmiris in Indian Occupied Kashmir have cheap blood and no one really cares. They hear soothing words from Pakistanis and sarcastic words from Indians. And then it is forgotten.
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Sep 10, 2016 05:15pm
Solution is simple. In india every can fight for their rights and equality. State governments take care of the their peoples development. Central government coordinates between states and takes decisions broader level. In kasmir they have own CM, MPs and MLAs. And they are all kasmiries. If they are not doing well they can elect good people in next election. If kasmiries fight for new country it's not gonna happen. If kasmiries wants to develop be with indian system otherwise you people gonna suffer not other indian states.
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Sep 10, 2016 05:21pm
@Harmony-1©,
There were no Indian troops in Kashmir prior to 1989. The violence started with ethnic cleansing of Pundits from their home where they have been living for 5000 years.
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Sep 10, 2016 05:27pm
@Bharath The just struggle of the people of Kashmir would continue till they achieve their long cherished goal of freedom from India.
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Sep 10, 2016 05:29pm
@ali Because the people of Kashmir want freedom from indian rule and don't want Indian security forces on their sacred land.
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Sep 10, 2016 05:42pm
@Jamil .. You are mistaken my friend.. Not all want freedom.. If all wanted, they would already had got their freedom bu now
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Sep 10, 2016 05:45pm
Dear Indians what is water issue going on between Tamils and Karnataka.
Instead of forcing Kashmiri to stay with India by spending billions you should build some water treatment plant to save formers life.
People who don't want to solve Kashmir issue as per will of Kashmiri people are responsible for hunger poverty and bloodshed in South Asia.
India your future generation will face hard time to deny atrocities you are doing now
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Sep 10, 2016 05:48pm
@Raunak Stop these unfounded presumptions rather lies...
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Sep 10, 2016 05:50pm
@Jamil You are right Jamil,
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Sep 10, 2016 06:05pm
@Usman Nations do not allow its states to be separated from the whole Union by peblicite. If so each state would want to be a separate country.
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Sep 10, 2016 06:10pm
@Linny
Really??
Then how East Timor and South Sudan became nations?
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Sep 10, 2016 06:21pm
@Ahmed bin Babar ...Few hundreds doesn't represent the whole of Kashmir my dear..
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Sep 10, 2016 06:26pm
@Raunak but you couldnot control even few hundreds since 1947.
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Sep 10, 2016 06:34pm
@Linny
So are you suggesting that the union should forcibly hold onto states regardless of the feelings of the people of the state . Isnt that against deomocratic principles? The last time i checked we were still a democracy.
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Sep 10, 2016 06:38pm
@to Indian keep your solutions to yourself.do a plebisite in IOK and indian army should completely leave the place.then UN peace keeping troops of different nationalities should be deployed in every nook and corner of IOK.they will bring each member of each house for vote under the supervision of pakistani and indian dignitaries in each voting room.then these pakistani and indian authorities will count vote.everything will be crystal clear.who want freedom and who doesnt....No chance of failure of this method.and second dont refer to me resolution 47 because AJK people are happy with us.and NO FOREIGN news paper reported violence of any kind there...
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Sep 10, 2016 07:00pm
@Linny this is madness if it continues then mutual destruction is our future
Economic realities going to change very fast our agro based economies have no futur. Climate change over population extreme hunger uncivil socity poor senitation well leave them aside lets buy weapons .
India can't keep Kashmir for long by force. It's matter of time.
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Sep 10, 2016 07:15pm
@Raunak No bluff as regards Kashmir...
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Sep 10, 2016 07:22pm
@Linny Kashmir is not an indian state like all other states, it has its own independent identity, the UN passed resolutions are a valid proof for all this...
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Sep 10, 2016 07:22pm
@Harmony-1©
So what about people voice acrods the border?
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Sep 10, 2016 07:27pm
@Ahmed bin Babar yaa.. And who calls for pelting stones in a democracy, so if somebody pelts stones, doesn't oneself respects the democracy
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Sep 10, 2016 08:08pm
@Suprabh In accordance with the international law the victims of occupation can resort to armed struggle against the foreign occupation for their liberation...
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Sep 10, 2016 08:30pm
Where are the leaders of civilized wold are sleeping. O leaders of civilized wold, this is your responsibility (that is why you are leaders) to ask India to stop her brutalities in Kashmir and give people of Kashmir right of self determination.
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Sep 10, 2016 08:44pm
@Suprabh You need to read about the liberation movements and their rights under the International law...
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Sep 10, 2016 09:20pm
@Syed good response bravo.
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Sep 10, 2016 10:22pm
If the whole world united against India and say leave Kashmir, still we will not let go Kashmir, it's our pride....its a part of our past, a 6500 years old our past.....its our identity.....
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Sep 10, 2016 11:25pm
@Ahmed bin Babar and what is shimla agreement ?
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Sep 11, 2016 02:42am
@Harmony-1© Best comment of the day.
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Sep 11, 2016 02:57am
@Linny but this was never India' State ever, this is still an issue from 1947.
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Sep 11, 2016 05:21am
Kashmir is not integral part of India, not one country supports that view.
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Sep 11, 2016 08:05am
@Usman , for your information tamilnadu and Karnataka are one of the developed state in terms of economy, farmer , industry ,law and order etc. etc. So rest assured there is nothing to worry about them ..and whatever the water issue is supreme court is looking into it
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Sep 11, 2016 09:55am
If your claims for democracy were true then this situation had not arisen and the people of Kashmir could have used their right to self determination long time back...
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Sep 11, 2016 10:48am
@Adil lakhnauwa For being member of the comity of nations india has to honor & respect the international law instead of draconian claims of the past...
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Sep 12, 2016 11:09pm
Nehru made a mistake by agreeing Kashmir as a disputed matter, and no Indian supports it now. Pakistan was the aggressor then and grabbed the part of Kashmir that's in it's possession now. So, Pakistan should vacate it immediately and give it back to India. And most importantly, India is a secular nation that doesn't recognize religious differences can be basis for separation, and therefore it will not let Kashmir go.
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