For many people in the Kashmir Valley, Wednesday’s deadly attack on an Indian security camp, which left five security personnel and two militants dead, was not a surprise.
Some describe it as the lid finally blowing of a pressure cooker that had been waiting to explode since the Indian government’s execution of a local man, Muhammad Afzal, for his role in the 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament.
There is a growing sentiment in the Kashmir Valley that peaceful protests are no longer effective, Gul Mohammad Wani, a political science professor at the University of Kashmir, explained .
“This surprise attack has an immediate context and that context is Afzal Guru’s hanging,” Mr. Wani said. “Kashmir is on the boil.” Full story...
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Some describe it as the lid finally blowing of a pressure cooker that had been waiting to explode since the Indian government’s execution of a local man, Muhammad Afzal, for his role in the 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament.
There is a growing sentiment in the Kashmir Valley that peaceful protests are no longer effective, Gul Mohammad Wani, a political science professor at the University of Kashmir, explained .
“This surprise attack has an immediate context and that context is Afzal Guru’s hanging,” Mr. Wani said. “Kashmir is on the boil.” Full story...
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