Category: IOK – Indian Occupied Kashmir

There is a word that keeps surfacing in the corridors of New Delhi and Jerusalem model. Not a model of democracy, nor of peace, but of control. Of how to hold a people down quietly, legally, and efficiently with bulldozers, spyware, and the steady hum of military boots on occupied ground, according to Al Jazeera […]

Blood on the Mountains: Kishtwar’s Latest Encounter and Kashmir’s Unfinished Story Deep in the rugged, snow laced forests of Kishtwar, where the mountains have long swallowed the echoes of gunfire, another chapter in Kashmir’s decades long tragedy was written on Sunday. Three militants were killed by Indian security forces in a fierce encounter in the […]

The mountainous forests of Kishtwar echoed with gunfire once again Wednesday evening, as security forces claimed to have killed another suspected militant in ongoing counter-insurgency operations that have intensified across Jammu and Kashmir in recent weeks. According to statements from the Indian Army’s White Knight Corps, contact was re-established with armed fighters around 5:45 p.m. […]

Security forces on Saturday re-established contact with terrorists in the Dolgam area of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir, as the ongoing counter terror operation entered a critical phase. The joint operation, named Operation Trashi-I, is being conducted by the Indian Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police, and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), according to […]

MIRPUR (AJK), Jan 28 — Protests were held across several countries on Tuesday as supporters of Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik gathered ahead of a crucial hearing at the Delhi High Court, drawing international attention to his case and to wider concerns about justice in Kashmir, according to APP. The demonstrations took place on the eve […]

SRINAGAR: The snow laden mountains of Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a double tragedy on Thursday, as the region mourned the loss of soldiers on two fronts, one to nature’s unforgiving terrain, the other to the persistent shadow of militancy, according to Greater Kashmir. In an accident that shook the Bhaderwah region, ten Army personnel lost […]

An Indian Army soldier was killed and eight others injured during a counter-terrorism operation in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday night, military officials confirmed Monday, according to Greater Kashmir. Havildar Gajendra Singh of the Special Forces died while participating in Operation TRASHI-I in the Singpura area on the night of January 19, […]

Indian authorities have shuttered a medical college in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir following protests by Hindu nationalist groups over the enrollment of Muslim students, a development that critics contend underscores deepening sectarian divisions within the nation’s education system. The National Medical Commission revoked recognition from the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Medical Institute in Reasi district […]

A sharp diplomatic confrontation has erupted between China and India over the remote Shaksgam Valley in Kashmir, threatening to undermine fragile détente efforts between the Asian giants and exposing the enduring volatility of their disputed Himalayan frontier, according to Dawn News. The clash ignited when Beijing’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning issued an unequivocal declaration […]