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The conflict between India and Pakistan goes back to Partition in 1947. Conflict has flared up regularly in Kashmir since then including in 2019 (above) and now in 2025. Photo: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Kashmir’s ‘Black Day’ a reminder that the freedom struggle continues

The people of Kashmir and Palestine have suffered oppression for many decades, both starting with the British and then by India and Israel, respectively

(Photo by Romy Arroyo Fernandez/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Israel’s occupation of Palestine: Rethinking genocide and ecocide through justice for the Earth

The Israeli occupation of Palestine

By threatening students and academics, the Indian government seeks to create a compliant nation. But it is also a push towards disaster. (Punit PARANJPE / AFP)

The world must act to stop India’s impending genocide

Democratic countries that are committed to human rights must take decisive action to pressure India to quell its abuses and protect minority communities.

Show of force: An Indian fighter jet flies over Leh, the joint capital of the Union Territory of Ladakh, on June 25. Photo: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP

India and China border conflict intensifies

A frontier dispute between the two Asian giants turned deadly for the first time in 45 years. Observers argue the skirmish was exacerbated by Delhi’s annexation of Kashmir and…

Using fear of terrorism, governments have undermined human rights and civil liberties of their Muslim citizens. (Reuter/Danish Ismail).

Terrorism used as excuse to suppress Kashmir

Within India, the Bharatiya Janata Party government is stoking Islamophobia by using religion as an instrument of identity politics

Indian security personnel stop Kashmiri residents as they stand guard on a deserted road during restrictions after scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the Indian government, in Srinagar. (Reuters/Danish Ismail)

Healthcare system collapsing in Kashmir

With communication lines down, residents can’t call ambulances or schedule operations

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Editorial: Former colony now the coloniser

A communications blackout left people worldwide worried about the fate of their relatives in an area that contains the only Muslim majority in India

People in Lahore, Pakistan carry national flags as they celebrate, after Pakistan shot down two Indian military aircrafts. (Mohsin Raza/Reuters)

Tensions escalate as Pakistan, India shoot down each other’s warplanes

While both sides have played down the threat of war, the rare aerial engagement over the disputed territory of Kashmir significantly raises the stakes

Members of the Johannesburg Kashmiri solidarity group of South Africa protest against the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Modi preaches peace in Durban while back home Indian troops open fire on mourners

While India’s leader was retracing Gandhi’s not-so-clean footsteps in South Africa, peaceful protesters were being shot dead in Kashmir.

‘No hope

‘No hope, no chance at all’ for Pakistan avalanche victims

Hopes of finding survivors have faded as Pakistan troops desperately search for 135 people still buried in an avalanche at the Siachen Glacier.

The Economist attacks India in Kashmir censorship row

The <em>Economist</em> has accused India of censorship after officials prevented the distribution of the latest edition because of a map of Kashmir.

In India, some pray for a Pakistan victory

In Indian Kashmir, allegiance to the rival team, Pakistan, reflects bitter feelings in the turbulent region.

Paradise regained

Paradise regained

Tourists are trickling back to Kashmir, despite its reputation. Ed Douglas finds it scarred but safe –and heartbreakingly beautiful.

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India, Pakistan hold first talks since Mumbai attacks

India and Pakistan hold their first official talks since the 2008 Mumbai attacks on Thursday, a meeting that may help thaw their frigid relations.

Pre-paid cellphones a security risk, says Indian govt

India’s home minister said on Wednesday that pre-paid cellphones may be banned in Kashmir as concerns grow that they are impossible to trace.

Kashmir chief resigns over sex scandal

Kashmir’s chief minister Omar Abdullah resigned on Tuesday over what he described as "baseless" allegations that he was involved in a sex scandal.

Brown blames Pakistan militants over Mumbai

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown blamed banned Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba for last month’s deadly Mumbai attack.

Indian Kashmir tense after new anti-India protests

Indian Kashmir was tense on Thursday after thousands of anti-India protestors poured on to the streets during the night in defiance of a curfew.

Indian security forces shoot dead Kashmir protesters

Indian security forces fired into crowds of protesters for a second day on Tuesday as they defied curfews in Indian Kashmir, killing a reported 14.

Flowers, bagpipes as bus crosses Kashmir divide

It was almost as if the last 58 years of painful separation had never happened. Some of the first 30 bus passengers for more than half a century to cross from Pakistan’s side of…