US EditionAP PHOTOS: Clashes Between India and Pakistan Upend Lives in a Kashmiri Village
- On the night of May 8, intense shelling struck Gingal, a mountain village in north Kashmir near the India-Pakistan border, forcing residents to seek shelter.
- Heavy shelling amid ongoing India-Pakistan clashes forced the majority of Gingal’s residents to evacuate to Baramulla, a nearby town located roughly 40 kilometers to the south.
- Residents including Mohammad Younis Khan and families sheltered in a small cowshed amid incoming and outgoing projectiles, fearing for their lives and describing extreme fear and deprivation.
- After a ceasefire on May 10, people returned to find homes damaged by shrapnel, while in Pahalgam, 160 kilometers south, militants had killed 26 tourists on April 22, causing business closures and deserted streets.
- These events highlight the severe impact of prolonged India-Pakistan tensions on Kashmiri civilians, who fear ongoing violence and displacement while praying for peace in their communities.
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How the India-Pakistan fighting affected children near the border and across the country
Over the past ten days, whenever Mushtaq Ahmed heard drones or helicopters nearing his home in Kashmir, around 100 km from the border with Pakistan, he immediately checked whether his children were watching cartoons on television. If they were not, he turned on the device. If they were already in front of it, he ensured that cartoons were playing and turned the volume up as high as possible so that they would not hear the machines. Sometimes he …
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AP PHOTOS: Clashes between India and Pakistan upend lives in a Kashmiri village
GINGAL, India (AP) — Mohammad Younis Khan was among 40 residents seeking shelter in a cowshed when shelling began in Gingal, a scenic mountain village in north Kashmir on the Indian-controlled side of the de facto border with Pakistan. Men,…
AP PHOTOS: Clashes between India and Pakistan upend lives in a Kashmiri village - Regional Media News
GINGAL, India (AP) — Mohammad Younis Khan was among 40 residents seeking shelter in a cowshed when shelling began in Gingal, a scenic mountain village in north Kashmir on the Indian-controlled side of the de facto border with Pakistan. Men, women and children sought refuge in the 3-meter-by-4.2 meter (10-feet-by-14 feet) space, which they felt offered greater safety than their brick and cement homes. Huddled together, they heard the swoosh and t…
Conflict Between India and Pakistan, by the Minute
India bombed several areas of Pakistan, killing more than a hundred people. Islamabad, the federal capital of Pakistan, responded with the drone attack in a worrying escalation of hostilities between these neighbouring countries, armed with nuclear weapons.Continue reading...
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