In Kashmir, the death of two teenaged militants raises some difficult questions

Most blame the muscular approach of security forces. Some also ask whether militant groups should be recruiting minors.

Safwat Zargar

· 4 hours ago

Why the governor is going to rethink decision to make J&K Bank accountable to the state legislature

The 80-year-old institution is considered crucial to fiscal and financial autonomies assured to Jammu and Kashmir.

Safwat Zargar

· Dec 05, 2018 · 06:30 am

With Naveed Jatt’s death, Lashkar-e-Taiba has lost one of its most prominent faces in Kashmir

The militant who escaped in February was accused of killing journalist Shujaat Bukhari. He also became a popular figure in South Kashmir.

Safwat Zargar

· Nov 29, 2018 · 11:49 am

Jammu and Kashmir: Two of three abducted civilians released in Shopian, one killed

The deceased civilian was identified as a former special police officer.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 23, 2018 · 10:44 pm

In Kashmir, brutal videos showing executions by militants have hit social media

Heavy losses among militant ranks may have intensified a propaganda drive against alleged police informers.

Safwat Zargar

· Nov 23, 2018 · 09:00 am

‘Delhi can do anything in Kashmir’: Dissolved assembly has confirmed an old belief in the Valley

Many younger residents were unmoved by the possibility of an alliance between the Congress, the People’s Democratic Party and the National Conference.

Safwat Zargar

· Nov 22, 2018 · 10:26 pm

Kashmir: National Conference, PDP have long been rivals – but could they actually work together?

Both have treaded a careful path towards more centrist positions over the years, going quiet on their earlier, more radical agendas.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Nov 22, 2018 · 04:11 pm

Jammu and Kashmir: BSF officer killed, three jawans injured in explosion in Samba

The deceased was identified as Assistant Commandant Jabbar Singh.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 19, 2018 · 09:16 pm

‘It’s a mystery’: Who is burning down panchayat houses in Kashmir?

Nearly a dozen buildings have been damaged since the state announced local body elections in September. The police blame ‘miscreants’.

Safwat Zargar

· Nov 17, 2018 · 09:00 am

Kashmir’s apple growers face devastating losses after sudden snowfall: ‘It’s a dagger in my heart’

There are few provisions for crop insurance and little hope of compensation.

Safwat Zargar

· Nov 07, 2018 · 06:30 am

As Kashmiri youth assaulted at Sharda University joins militancy, his family struggles for answers

Ahtisham Bilal Sofi, who was injured when a mob assaulted Afghani students at his campus last month, said he has joined an affiliate of the Islamic State.

Safwat Zargar

· Nov 04, 2018 · 06:30 am

View from Kashmir Observer: Scholar-militant Mannan Wani marked changing face of Kashmir militancy

The Phd scholar-turned-Hizbul operative was killed in an encounter with security forces on Thursday.

Kashmir Observer

· Oct 12, 2018 · 06:30 pm