Militants are continuing to terrorize civilians in the fractious Kashmir Valley, shooting and killing a truck driver transporting apples on Monday night, Oct 14, 2019. In August, the Indian government injected a new note of uncertainty by stripping away statehood from Jammu and Kashmir state, which includes the restive Kashmir Valley. On Monday, the Indian government switched cell phone service back on for much of the Kashmir Valley, though the internet remains off. There are only a few hundred militants in the Kashmir Valley, members of various outlawed groups who are poorly trained and lightly armed compared with the Indian forces they are fighting. The New York TimesIn August, militants fatally shot a shopkeeper in Srinagar who had opened his shop for a few hours.

Source: bd News24 October 16, 2019 06:33 UTC