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Tag: militancy

Posted inIndia, Pakistan, South Asia

India needs sub-conventional capabilities

by Prakash Katoch February 18, 2019February 18, 2020

The car bomb attack in Indian-administered Kashmir last Thursday has caused the biggest loss of lives in the Kashmir Valley so far. The vehicle packed with 25 kilograms of explosives blew up next to a convoy of 72 vehicles carrying some 2,500 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, killing 42, with scores injured. After the blast […]

UN Special Humanitarian Envoy to the Horn of Africa Kjell Bondevik speaks to the media at UN headquarters in Gigiri, Nairobi. Photo: AFP/Simon Maina
Posted inAT Finance, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Bondevik cannot resolve the Kashmir dispute

by Vivek Katju December 10, 2018
Afghanistan continues to be roiled by a violent Taliban insurgency, but reconciliation talks in Abu Dhabi have brought the warring parties a bit closer to peace, according to UAE officials. Photo: iStock.
Posted inAfghanistan, Beijing, China, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, World

Talking to Taliban – unraveling the Catch 22

by Prakash Katoch October 30, 2018
An Indian paramilitary trooper stands guard while a Kashmiri woman walks by in Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir. Photo: iStock/Bilal Ahmad
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Militants target families of policemen in Kashmir conflict

by Aakash Hassan August 31, 2018February 18, 2020
Troops in India's Border Security Force stand guard along fencing near the India-Pakistan Chachwal border in Jammu and Kashmir state. Photo: AFP
Posted inAfghanistan, India, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, World

India should consider sub-conventional warfare against Pakistan

by Abhinav Pandya June 20, 2018
Members of Shopian-based charity Rehmatal-lil-alameen, an Islam-inspired community support group that feeds, educates and provides medicine to needy people in the district. Photo: Anando Bhakto
Posted inIndia, South Asia, World

Fighting poverty with Islam in ‘militant-hotbed’ Shopian

by Anando Bhakto June 5, 2018February 18, 2020
An Indian policeman patrols in downtown Srinagar on July 7, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Danish  Ismail
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Ramadan ceasefire in Kashmir marred by army shootings

by Majid Hyderi May 22, 2018February 18, 2020
Junaid Ashraf, son of Hurriyat chief Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai. Photo: Majid Hyderi
Posted inIndia, Pakistan, South Asia

Hurriyat chief’s militant son in ‘debut’ raid near Geelani’s home

by Majid Hyderi May 1, 2018February 18, 2020
Kashmiri Pandits pray at the Kheer Bhawani Temple. Photo: Dailymail
Posted inMiddle East

‘Forgotten’ Kashmiri Pandits resent a life of despair in refugee camps

by Sagrika Kissu March 10, 2018February 18, 2020
Relatives of Suhail Ahmad Wagay, a 'civilian', who local media say died in a gunbattle between suspected militants and Indian security forces, mourn during his funeral procession at Pinjoora in Kashmir's Shopian district on March 5, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Danish Ismail
Posted inIndia, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia

Latest Kashmir killings raise questions over ‘army impunity’

by Majid Hyderi March 7, 2018February 18, 2020
Vijay Koul points at the house being built near their home, where the gunfight happened two weeks ago. Photo: Majid Hyderi
Posted inIndia, Pakistan, South Asia

Lone Kashmiri Pandit family braves bullets, gunfight next door

by Majid Hyderi February 26, 2018February 18, 2020
Indian soldiers stand guard near the Line of Control in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir state. File photo: The Hindu
Posted inIndia, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Modi govt chooses rhetoric over substance in Kashmir

by Manoj Joshi February 9, 2018
A Kashmiri protester throws a stone toward police during a strike. Photo: Reuters / Files
Posted inAfghanistan, India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

India’s new interlocutor on Kashmir inspires fresh hope

by Aditya Sinha October 25, 2017
Junior Home Minister, Kiren Rijiju. Photo: AFP / Prakash Singh
Posted inIndia, Pakistan, South Asia

Security panic after Indian minister lost unlocked phone

by Majid Hyderi October 17, 2017February 18, 2020
Bohol beach is usually a picture perfect holiday destination. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines, Vietnam

Philippine troops clash with suspected Abu Sayyaf rebels on island

by Reuters April 11, 2017February 18, 2020
Bangladeshi activists  protest in Dhaka against the deaths of Rohingya in Myanmar's Rakhine state late last year. Photo: Mohammad Ponir Hossain, Reuters
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Plight of Rohingya becoming a jihadist cause célèbre

by Sudha Ramachandran March 7, 2017
Supporters of the religious party Jamat Ehl-e-Sunnat chant slogans to condemn a suicide blast at the tomb of Sufi saint Syed Usman Marwandi in Karachi. Photo: Akhtar Soomro, Reuters
Posted inPakistan, South Asia

In Pakistan, roots of militancy are a lot deeper than Jihad

by Salman Rafi February 22, 2017

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