Kashmir
Dec 3 2009, Shazil

India’s home minister said on Wednesday the government was prepared to withdraw a “significant” number of troops from Indian-held Kashmir (IHK).

Briefing lawmakers in parliament on the state of domestic security, P Chidambaram noted that...

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Syed Moinullah Shah, a suspected Pakistani rebel allegedly belonging to Hezb-ul-Mujahedeen, the largest Kashmiri guerrilla group fighting against Indian rule, looks on during a press conference organized by the Indian army, at an army base in Srinagar,...