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Kashmiri Pandits, who stayed on despite mass exodus of 90s, feel neglected in their homeland
Ajaz Rashid •While migrant Kashmiri Pandits got every kind of relief and jobs, those who dared to stay back in the valley never got registered for such benefits despite belonging to the same minority community
How Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Imran Khan are bidding to lead the Islamic world in a jihadi direction
Cliff Smith •Turkey’s international propaganda arm, TRT World in particular, is working overtime for Pakistan’s interests, and against Pakistan’s foes
Pakistan’s new US envoy Masood Khan is terrorism’s newest errand boy in diplomacy
Abhijit Majumder •Masood Khan has repeatedly advocated “holy war” against India, resisted sanctions against Hizbul head Syed Salahuddin, shared stage with Harkat-ul-Mujahideen founder Fazlur Rehman Khalil
The Dead Pool: Key Pulwama perpetrators are dead, but Jaish-e-Muhammad’s blood-cult is alive, and killing
Praveen •The men Azhar’s words raised are dead; the toxic cult of blood that seduced them is not
How a chaiwallah’s son became a Hizb-ul-Mujahideen killer, and what it says of jihad in Kashmir
Praveen •Like many of his generation, Mehrajuddin Halwai, a Hizb-ul-Mujahideen operative who was killed earlier this week, appears to have been radicalised in the course of the large-scale, Islamist-led street protests which tore across Kashmir from 2006
Kashmiri apples with anti-India, pro-Pakistan slogans written on them found in Kathua fruit market; police say inquiry on
Ishfaqnaseem •The traders found the apples with pro-Pakistan and anti-India messages while unloading boxes at the Kathua fruit market after which they raised a protest and chanted anti-Pakistan slogans.
Hizbul Mujahideen is marching to its grave: Kashmir's once-feared terror group is roiled by infighting, low on resources and lacking local leadership
Praveen •In the past two weeks alone, a record number of Hizbul cadre — many young recruits who have joined in recent months — have been slain in police-led operations.
Editors Guild slams J&K enforcement agencies' action against journalists Masrat Zahra, Peerzada Ashiq, demands withdrawal of charges
•The Editors Guild of India on Tuesday expressed concern over the "high-handed manner" in which the law enforcement agencies in Jammu and Kashmir used prevailing laws aganst The Hindu journalist Peerzada Ashiq and freelance photographer Mazrat Zahra
PSA has been used over the decades in Kashmir as a quick-fix, but longterm damage on the republic will be serious
Praveen •As Indians debate the incarceration of three former chief ministers under the PSA — Sheikh Abdullah's son, Farooq Abdullah; grandson, Omar Abdullah; their dogged opponent, Mehbooba Mufti— it's critical to understand the PSA isn't significant just for its constitutional perversions
New Kashmir sees lull in violence but jihadi elements may take advantage of political vacuum; classified govt data shows peace can be deceptive
Praveen •The worst-case scenario for India is that it could have sacrificed the democratic revival of early 2019, without there being legitimate political actors to take their place.