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Indian army admits wrongdoing in killing three Kashmiris

In a rare admission, Indian military says its soldiers in disputed Kashmir abused their powers in the killings of three labourers it had passed off as "Pakistani terrorists."

Anti-India clashes erupt in Kashmir after rebels, civilian killed

Hundreds protest in Srinagar in India-administered Kashmir after a police shootout kills three suspected rebels and a 45-year-old woman.

China, India play blame game over shooting at tense border

Beijing says it took "countermeasures" after Indian troops fired aerial shots during a confrontation with Chinese personnel on the border of disputed Kashmir.

India enacting 'digital apartheid' in Kashmir: rights group

Jammu-Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society urges international community to question New Delhi over extended communications blackout in disputed Himalayan region in what it called was "collective punishment".

Pakistan’s Imran Khan says his country will not recognise Israel

“My conscience will never allow me to accept Israel, which is responsible for so many atrocities against the Palestinian people,” he says in an interview.

Is Pakistan dependent on Saudi oil?

A recent spat between the two Muslim countries shines a spotlight on a deal Riyadh used to bailout cash-strapped Islamabad.

Indian police in Kashmir investigate army's alleged staging of gun battle

Family members say their relatives were killed by the military and then buried as unidentified militants. The incident could further ratchet up anti-India anger in the disputed region, where troops have repeatedly been accused of targeting civilians.

Why Pakistan blames Saudi Arabia and the OIC for Kashmir setback

Angered by Indian belligerence, Islamabad wants Muslims countries to do more in highlighting the plight of Kashmiri Muslims. Experts say, however, its own response is lacking.

Kashmiris mark #BlackDay anniversary of lost autonomy under curfew

Pakistan's PM Imran Khan accuses India of being an "oppressor and aggressor" after New Delhi placed the disputed region under the strictest lockdown for the anniversary, with a heavy deployment of troops and barricades of barbed wire.

India's Modi lays foundation for Hindu temple at site of demolished mosque

The site at Ayodhya, and divided Kashmir, are two of the most divisive communal issues facing India in the past 30 years, with PM Narendra Modi attempting to draw a line under both.

India’s new law stokes fear of engineered demographic change in Kashmir

The decision by India's Hindu nationalist government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to annul Kashmir’s long-held semi-autonomous powers have amplified fears of engineering a demographic change in India's only Muslim-majority region.

In pictures: What Kashmir is like a year after having its autonomy stripped

TRT World takes a look at events that have taken place a year after India's annexation of the former semi-autonomous state of Kashmir.