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Kashmir: January 2019 update

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Wednesday, January 2, 2019This briefing covers events in Indian-administered Kashmir since 8 July 2016, which have been characterised by a dramatic upsurge in protest and violence on the ground – what some are calling the “worst crisis in a generation”.

Key Points: 
  • On 8 July 2016, Burhan Wani, a 22-year-old leader of the armed group Hizbul Mujahedin, was killed by the Indian security forces.
  • Within a month or so the war of words had escalated into firing bullets and shells at each other across the Line of Control.
  • Infiltration and attacks by armed militants, which India accuses Pakistan of supporting, also increased.
  • The Washington Post went so far last year as to claim that the world no longer cares about Kashmir.