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Moderate Earthquake Hits Indian Kashmir

AP | Posted 05.01.2013 | World

SRINAGAR, India — Officials say a moderately strong earthquake has hit a mountainous region in Indian-controlled Kashmir, injuring at least nine...

PHOTOS: The Most Extreme Slope On Earth

AP | SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 05.18.2013 | Travel

GULMARG, India — There are very few ski resorts in the world where you see a soldier in uniform waiting for the gondola with a snowboard in one ...

How India Failed Kashmir

Sunil Sharan | Posted 05.12.2013 | World
Sunil Sharan

Learn statecraft, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh admonished his own home minister after he did not forewarn the family of a Kashmiri held responsible for an attack on India's Parliament, about his hanging.

Who Suffers Kashmir's Strikes and Curfews

Betwa Sharma | Posted 04.30.2013 | World
Betwa Sharma

Each cycle of curfew and strikes in Kashmir takes a heavy toll on the livelihood of the majority of its six million inhabitants, and handicaps business especially in the transport and tourism industry.

Tensions Spike In Kashmir

AP | MUNIR AHMED | Posted 04.17.2013 | World

ISLAMABAD -- Indian troops shot and killed a Pakistani soldier who crossed the makeshift border separating Indian and Pakistani held Kashmir, official...

Indian Police Warn Kashmiri Residents Of 'Possible Nuclear War'

AP | AIJAZ HUSSAIN | Posted 01.22.2013 | World

SRINAGAR, India -- Officials in Indian-controlled Kashmir are warning residents to be prepared for a possible nuclear war by building build bomb-proof...

Pakistani Soldier Dies In Latest Kashmir Attack

AP | TIM SULLIVAN and SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 03.17.2013 | World

NEW DELHI — Pakistan on Wednesday blamed Indian troops for killing one of its soldiers along the disputed Kashmir border, the latest in a series...

Pakistan Allegedly Kills Two Indian Soldiers In Disputed Territory

AP | AIJAZ HUSSAIN | Posted 03.10.2013 | World

SRINAGAR, India — Pakistani soldiers crossed the cease-fire line in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Tuesday and attacked an army pat...

Deadly Pakistan-India Border Clash: The Shot That Wasn't Heard 'Round the World

Michael Kugelman | Posted 03.10.2013 | World
Michael Kugelman

Did you know that on Sunday, the Pakistani and Indian armies exchanged fire along their disputed border, resulting in the death of a Pakistani soldier? If not, you wouldn't be the only one. The lack of buzz crystallizes how much Pakistan-India relations have improved over the last few years.

Pakistan Accuses India Of Deadly Cross-Border Raid

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 03.07.2013 | World

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and India traded accusations Sunday of violating the cease-fire in the disputed northern region of Kashmir, with Islamabad ...

PHOTOS: A Peaceful Autumn In Kashmir

Posted 01.14.2013 | Travel

Though its reputation as one of the world's most beautiful places has hardly diminished, Kashmir has spent much of the last two decades embroiled in a...

Relaxing In Srinagar, Kashmir's Florid Capital (PHOTOS)

Carolyn O'Donnell | Posted 01.05.2013 | Travel
Carolyn O'Donnell

A Flower Man paddled up and announced: "Hello! How are you? I'm Mr Marvelous!" I couldn't argue: It was painted on the side of his boat.

PHOTOS: Running A River In Ladakh, Kashmir

Richard Bangs | Posted 11.19.2012 | Travel
Richard Bangs

Walking down a vacant road on the way to Padum, capital of the ancient kingdom of Zanskar, about five kilometers off the river, I pass a Tibetan monk with his distinctive red kasaya wrapped obliquely about his shoulders. He stops, and in halting English asks my age. When I tell him, he looks me in the eyes and says, "Ah, you have short life left." It's a daunting thought.

Around The World In 10 Photos

Posted 07.14.2012 | World

From Argentina to Zimbabwe, the monumental to the day-to-day, each week, HuffPost World will present some of the most remarkable images from across th...

Insecurities Over Sovereignty: Why Pakistan Sentenced Shakil Afridi

Aziz Nayani | Posted 07.29.2012 | World
Aziz Nayani

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.

Avalanche Buries 100 Pakistani Soldiers

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 06.07.2012 | World

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

Car Blast Rocks Kashmir

AP | Posted 05.22.2012 | World

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

Cloning Advance Yields Rare 'Handmade' Goat In Kashmir

AP | AIJAZ HUSSAIN | Posted 03.15.2012 | Science

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

Deadly Avalanche Kills At Least 16

AP | By AIJAZ HUSSAIN | Posted 02.23.2012 | World

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

Sundance 2012 Top Picks: Keeping Us Human

Roya Rastegar | Posted 04.07.2012 | Entertainment
Roya Rastegar

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:

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

Ethan Casey | Posted 03.14.2012 | World
Ethan Casey

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.

Asia Society on Kashmir: Now Serving Foreign Policy Junk

Suhag A. Shukla, Esq. | Posted 02.13.2012 | World
Suhag A. Shukla, Esq.

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.

Attack On Kashmiri Minister Leaves Guard Dead

AP | AIJAZ HUSSAIN | Posted 02.10.2012 | World

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

AP | MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 02.06.2012 | DC

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

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

AP | By MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 12.06.2011 | DC

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