Kashmir Conflict

Day 19: India's Kashmir siege — ‘we want our sleep back’

Why has a Kashmiri suburb barricaded itself against the Indian police and imposed self-isolation since August 9?

India's actions in Kashmir and the muted response from Arab Gulf states

Why are Muslim countries in the Gulf silent over the crackdown and abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir?

The BJP has marched into a legal bind over Kashmir's accession to India

As early as 1948, the legal advisor to the British Foreign Office questioned the validity of New Delhi's Kashmir treaty and argued that Kashmir's temporary accession to India would not settle the status of the disputed region.

India tightens curbs in Kashmir ahead of protest march to UN office

Incarcerated resistance leaders have urged people to mass march to a UN office in Srinagar city after Friday prayers, the first such call since New Delhi revoked India-administered Kashmir's nominal autonomy, stirring anger in the region and beyond.

France watching Kashmir rights, Macron tells Modi

France concerned about "interests and rights of the civilian populations" in disputed Kashmir, French President Emmanuel Macron tells visiting Indian PM Narendra Modi, as India's lockdown on Kashmir enters 19th day.

India's clampdown and communication blackout destroys Kashmir economy

Both small and large businesses in Jammu and Kashmir are facing near irreversible losses since the government of India changed the disputed region's autonomy, accompanied with a clampdown.

Incarcerated Kashmir separatists urge public march over loss of autonomy

Via posters in Srinagar, separatist leaders asked people to march after Friday prayers. In the first reported gun battle since New Delhi stripped India-administered Kashmir of its autonomy, a suspected rebel and a policeman were killed, police said.

Pakistan plans to take Kashmir dispute with India to ICJ

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the case would centre on alleged human rights violations by India in Muslim-majority Kashmir, which both countries claim in full but rule in part.

Kashmiris crowd government phone booths amid communications blackout

Families are queuing for hours just to get a chance to speak to loved ones amid India’s blockade of communications in Kashmir.

Dozens arrested as clampdown continues in India-administered Kashmir

Primary schools remained deserted on Tuesday despite authorities demanding that schools be reopened on Monday.

Trump urges Pakistani, Indian leaders to ease Kashmir tensions

Tensions between Pakistan and India have flared following New Delhi's scrapping of the special status of the Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir region.

Schools in India-administered Kashmir deserted as parents fear more unrest

Pakistan extended army chief General Bajwa's tenure for three years as tensions flared with India which pulled disputed Kashmir's autonomy on August 5. Islamabad said at least two civilians were killed in cross-border fire by Indian troops on Sunday.