Indian troops martyr three more Kashmiri youth in Pulwama
Indian troops martyr three more Kashmiri youth in Pulwama.
SRINAGAR (Dunya News) – Indian troops martyred three more Kashmiri youth in Pulwama district of the occupied valley in their fresh act of state terrorism, reported Dunya News on Wednesday.
Indian troops martyred the Kashmiris during a cordon and search operation at Rajpora in Tral area of the district. On the other hand, life remains paralyzed in occupied Kashmir and Muslim majority areas of Jammu region for the 80th consecutive day today amid unprecedented military clampdown.
Earlier, the United States renewed calls on India to ease its clampdown in Kashmir as several lawmakers voiced anger at actions by a country that usually enjoys robust US support.
During a congressional hearing on human rights in South Asia, nearly all lawmakers focused questions on India, which rescinded Kashmir’s decades-old autonomous status in August.
Alice Wells, the assistant secretary of state for South Asia, said the United States "remains concerned" about the impact of India’s actions in the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley.
"We have urged Indian authorities to respect human rights and restore full access to services, including internet and mobile networks," she told a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee.
She said that the United States was also concerned about the detention of residents including mainstream political leaders and about impediments to both local and foreign media coverage.
With inputs from AFP
