Kashmir

Insecurities Over Sovereignty: Why Pakistan Sentenced Shakil Afridi

Aziz Nayani | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: India, World, Abbottabad, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, US-Pakistan Relations, Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, World News, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Kashmir, World News

On the surface, it makes little sense for Pakistan to convict the man who assisted in operations aimed at capturing bin Laden. The decision reveals a larger insecurity within the Pakistani psyche.

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Avalanche Buries 100 Pakistani Soldiers

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Video, Natural Disasters, Pakistan, Pakistan Avalanche, Avalanche, Avalanche Pakistan, Pakistan Military, Kashmir, World News

ISLAMABAD — Pakistani soldiers dug into a massive avalanche in a mountain battleground close to the Indian border on Saturday, searching for at ...

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Car Blast Rocks Kashmir

AP | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Indian Controlled Kashmir, India, Terror, Pakistan, Kashmir Blast, Srinagar, Kashmir Terror, Kashmir Militants, Kashmir Explosion, Kashmir, World News

SRINAGAR, India — A bomb exploded Thursday in a car outside the main city of Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing the driver and wounding at least...

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Cloning Advance Yields Rare 'Handmade' Goat In Kashmir

AP | AIJAZ HUSSAIN | Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Himalayas, Handmade Cloning, Noori Clone, Clone, Cashmere, Video, Goat Cloned, Himalayan Goat, Ap, Kashmir, Science News

SRINAGAR, India -- Scientists said Thursday they have cloned a rare Himalayan goat in Indian-controlled Kashmir, hoping to help increase the number of...

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Deadly Avalanche Kills At Least 16

AP | By AIJAZ HUSSAIN | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: India, Video, India Kashmir, Kashmir-Avalanche-Soldiers, Kashmir-Avalanche, India Weather, Avalanche, Avalanche Deaths, Kashmir, World News

SRINAGAR, India -- Two massive avalanches in snowbound regions of Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least 16 soldiers, and at least three others wer...

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Sundance 2012 Top Picks: Keeping Us Human

Roya Rastegar | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: John Krasinski, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Michael Cera, Jason Ritter, Valley of Saints, Sundance Film Festival, Ava Duvernay, Filly Brown, Terence Nance, Amanda Seyfried, Common, Edward James Olmos, Karin Chien, Kashmir, Entertainment News

In current times of civil unrest, economic injury, and political failure, we depend on love -- in all its complexity and even through untenable circumstances -- to keep ourselves human. Here are the top 10 films that cannot be missed in the coming year:

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Marines Urinating on Dead Taliban: How Low Will We Go?

Ethan Casey | Posted 03.14.2012

What is there to think about, anyway? What is there to say, really, except that there's absolutely no excuse? No excuse for the policy makers and officers, but neither is there one for the brutalized young perpetrators.

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Asia Society on Kashmir: Now Serving Foreign Policy Junk

Suhag A. Shukla, Esq. | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Kashmiri Hindus, Hinduism, India, Islamist Terrorism, Human Rights, Asia Society on Kashmir, Pakistan, Kashmiri Pandits, Hindus in Kashmir, Pakistan Spy Agencies, Kashmir, World News

For those not well versed in the political spectrum of India, for comparison, having Arundhati Roy and Pankaj Mishra speak on Kashmir is akin to having a panel on church reform that includes Christopher Hitchens and no clergy.

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Attack On Kashmiri Minister Leaves Guard Dead

AP | AIJAZ HUSSAIN | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: India, Kashmir Guard Dead, Kashmir Attack, Pakistan, Ali Mohammed Sagar, Ali Mohammed Sagar Attacked, Kashmir Minister Attacked, Kashmir, Ap, World News

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Va. Activist Pleads Guilty In Pakistani 'Paid Operative' Case

AP | MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Foreign-Agents-Registration, Video, Virginia, Fara, Pakistan, Doj, Kashmir, Department of Justict, Justice Department, Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, DC News

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A longtime activist for the disputed Kashmir territory who funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions to membe...

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Accused Pakistani Agent Expected To Plead Guilty In U.S. Lobbying Case

AP | By MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Isi, India, Video, Irs, Pakistani Intelligence, Internal Revenue Service, Pakistan, Fbi, Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, Kashmir, DC News

McLEAN, Va. -- A Virginia man accused of secretly receiving millions of dollars from Pakistan's spy service while he lobbied Congress on the disputed ...

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For Peace in Kashmir, Look to Dublin

Syed Yahya Hussainy | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: India, Ireland, Diplomacy, Trade, Pakistan, Kashmir, World News

The decision by the government of Pakistan to grant Most Favoured Nation status to India is a significant step towards improving not only economic opportunity in the region, but bilateral relations between the two South Asian powers.

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Alt. Radio’s Barsamian Banned In India

Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Boulder News, Video, India Kashmir, Barsamian Deported From India, David Barsamian, Bouder Colorado, Alternative Radio, Suppressing Dissent, Barsamian Banned India, Dissent, David Barsamian Boulder, Kashmir, Denver News

Boulder's David Barsamian, the founder of nationally syndicated "Alternative Radio," has been traveling to India for decades, but last Friday he was f...

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Violence Flares In Indian-Held Kashmir, Eight Killed

AP | AIJAZ HUSSAIN | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: India, India Kashmir, Kashmir Rebels, Pakistan India, Kashmir Insurgents, Indian Held Kashmir, Kashmir Conflict, Kashmir, Kashmir Government, World News

SRINAGAR, India — At least eight people have died in three days of fierce fighting between rebels and government forces in Indian-controlled Kas...

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Kashmir Expands Probe To Include Thousands Additional Unmarked Graves

AP | AIJAZ HUSSAIN | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Kashmir Grave Probe, Pakistan, Kashmir Conflict, Kashmir Graves, Kashmir Unmarked Graves, Kashmir, India Pakistan Kashmir, World News

SRINAGAR, India — A state-run human rights commission has broadened its investigation into unmarked graves in the Indian portion of Kashmir to i...

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India Arrests Three In Kashmir In Connection To Court Blast

AP | AIJAZ HUSSAIN | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: India Terror, Delhi Court Blast, India, India Kashmir, Delhi, Pakistan Kashmir, Delhi Court Blast Kashmir, India Pakistan Relations, Kashmir, World News

SRINAGAR, India — Investigators arrested three people, including two teenagers, in India's portion of Kashmir on conspiracy charges in connectio...

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Almost Forgotten: The World's Most Dangerous Conflict

Eric Margolis | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: India, China, Pakistan, Kashmir, Azad Kashmir, Geopolitics, Unmarked Graves Kashmir, Ladakh, Aksai Chin, Line of Control, World News

Time now for the world to get involved. The solution: let all the borders fade away. Turn Kashmir into an autonomous, demilitarized free trade zone.

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Kashmir's Half Widows

Guernica | Mallika Kauer | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Kashmir Conflict, Kashmir Women, Kashmir, World News

Bilquees Begum* repeatedly asks whether my tea is too sweet. She smiles and adds how her husband Ahmed told her that city people liked their tea taste...

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Haunting Photos Of Kashmir's Ramadan Celebrations

Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Srinagar Strike, Kashmir Violence, Kashmir Ramadan, Srinagar Violence, Srinagar Ramadan, Kashmir, Kashmir Strike, World News

Kashmir used to be a favored place to spend the summer. Often described as the Switzerland of Asia and a paradise on earth, the valley is a cool retre...

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From Kashmir to K Street: A People Remain Marginalized

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: India, South Asia, Human Rights, Kashmiri Diaspora, Mohsin Mohi Ud Din, Lashkar-E-Taiba, Terrorism, Pakistan, Dr. Fai, Financial Crisis, Fulbright, Taliban, Kac, Peace, Kashmir, World News

The subtle inferences of today, which claim that a single man or organization or nation represents the Kashmir conflict, are both false and dangerous.

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Thousands Protest In Indian Kashmir Over Alleged Rape

AP | AIJAZ HUSSAIN | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Kashmir Violence, Srinagar, India, Indian-Kashmir, Kashmir Protests, Srinagar-India, Kashmir, World News

SRINAGAR, India — Thousands hurling rocks and shouting anti-India slogans protested in a remote village in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday, ...

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Pakistan's Ongoing Duplicity: Give Us a Break

Barry Lando | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Cia, Pakistan, Iran, Kashmir, World News

After the allegations that top-level Pakistani officials have secretly aided Al Qaeda and the Taliban, sheltering Osama Bin Laden himself, now comes a...

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FBI: Alleged Pakistani Agent Directed Thousands In Campaign Contributions

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Foreign-Agents-Registration, Foreign-Agents, Pakistan, Dan Burton, Fbi, Spying, Campaign Finance, Kashmir, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department charged two men on Tuesday who are allegedly agents of the Pakistani government with failing to report that they ...

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India's Ongoing Concerns Over Pakistan and Afghanistan

Subhash Agrawal | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: India, Afpak, Taliban, Nuclear Powers, Pakistan, Kashmir, Foreign Policy, United States, World News

As America finds itself in a most distressing dilemma in the AfPak region, a number of Indian security analysts and diplomats can only say "we told you so," though without the usual relish.

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Rising Above Conflict: Concert of Cultural Exchange in Kashmir

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Arts and Activism, Mubashir Mohi Ud Din, Mohsin Mohi Ud Din, Pakistan, Kashmir, Cultural Exchange, India, Zerobridge, One Young Kashmir, World News

Music and art and community development (not stones and guns and politics) will revive hope in Kashmir's future, which has suffocated under decades of conflict and exploitation from all sides and all parties.

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