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21 more people found dead from avalanche in Kashmir

By Roshan Mughal, Associated Press

Rescuers were racing against time to reach scores of people believed still to be trapped inside their homes, buried under avalanches triggered by heavy snowfall in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Thousands detained during lockdown on Kashmir

By Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press

The crackdown began just before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist-led government on Aug. 5 stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its semi-autonomy and its statehood, creating two federal territories.

Indian authorities begin easing clampdown in Kashmir

By Ashok Sharma, Associated Press

Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir began restoring landline phone services on Saturday after a nearly two-week security crackdown and news blackout following a decision by India's government to downgrade the Muslim-majority region's autonomy.

How people of Kashmir are reacting to India’s crackdown

Nearly 4 million people in Kashmir have been confined to their homes in a total communications blackout since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stripped the primarily Muslim state of its semi-autonomous status 13 days ago. Amna Nawaz reports and talks…

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Hundreds join street protest in Kashmir, defying restrictions

By Ashok Sharma, Associated Press

The government imposed the lockdown to avoid a violent reaction to its decision on Aug. 5 to downgrade Muslim-majority Kashmir's autonomy.

Indian-controlled Kashmir under strict lockdown for 9th day

By Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press

India is trying to stave off a violent reaction to the government's decision on Aug. 5 to strip Kashmir of its autonomy.

India to bring supplies to Kashmir; Pakistan to go to UN

By Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press

Authorities enforcing a strict curfew in Indian-administered Kashmir will bring in trucks of essential supplies for an Islamic festival next week, as the divided Himalayan region remained in a lockdown Saturday following India’s decision to strip it of its constitutional…

How India’s revoking of autonomy for Kashmir could lead to increased violence

Government forces in riot gear are patrolling Kashmir, four days after India announced a change to the contested territory’s political status. Until then, India’s only Muslim-majority region had enjoyed a high degree of autonomy. Nick Schifrin talks to retired Amb.

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India arrests over 500 in Kashmir as Pakistan cuts railway

By Ashok Sharma, Munir Ahmed, Associated Press

Pakistan, which claims the divided Himalayan region together with India, on Thursday suspended a key train service with India over change in Kashmir's special status by New Delhi, as tensions between the rivals soared.

Hundreds of poor migrant workers flee Kashmir under lockdown

By Channi Anand, Associated Press

Hit by a complete security lockdown in Kashmir, hundreds of poor migrant workers have begun fleeing the Himalayan region to return to their far-away villages in northern and eastern India.