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Kashmir: A Troubled Paradise

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  • The picturesque skiing resort of Gulmarg in the Indian held state of Kashmir is virtually empty despite the perfect skiing conditions,  February 17, 2002.  Gulmarg has often been called the Switzerland of Asia with its faded elegance and top rated skiing conditions but because of the militant insurgancy, its proximity to Pakistan and the risk of being kidnapped, most foreign tourists stopped visiting  over ten years ago.  Gulmarg is only 15 kilometers from the Line of Control where India and Pakistan have amassed hundreds of thousands of troops poised to begin a fourth war as the tensions over Kashmir escalate.
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  • Supporters of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president Omar Abdullah sing at a rally for him on Dal Lake in the capital Srinagar of Indian Kashmir Sept. 22, 2002.
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  • KASHMIR,INDIA, JULY 29:  A Kashmiri boy studying in a madrassa sits on top of a crumbling Moghul mosque and watches his classmates play cricket on a quiet afternoon in Srinagar, the Indian-held summer capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, July 29, 2003. Since the 15th century, the Himalayan kingdom of Kashmir was known for its beauty and serenity. Everyone from Mughal emperors to British colonialists fell in love with its physical beauty.  Since 1989, it has been a state under siege, with both India and Pakistan laying claim to it. Human rights organizations say more than 80,000 have died in the 13-year-old conflict. The Indian government says 40,000, but whatever the number, it has been mainly Kashmiri residents who have suffered as the two nuclear armed countries fight a proxy war.
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  • A Kashmiri  child visits a Sufi shrine in Srinagar, the Indian held summer capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.   Sufiism is a gentle brand of Islam that is mystical and considered by some to be a blend of Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam.  It has been gradually pushed aside my more fundamentalist forms of Islam orignating in Pakistan.
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  • Kashmiri children load themselves up in a rickshaw on their way back from school in the city of Srinagar   in  Kashmir during Ramadan November 21.  Kashmir has seen nearly 1000 civilians killed this year alone and 1,765 wounded in a brutal conflict that the United Nations calls the most dangerous place in the world.  (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • KASHMIR,INDIA, JULY 25:  Kashmiri children enjoy some relief from the scalding temperatures with a swim in Dal Lake at the base of the Himalayas in Srinagar, the Indian held summer capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir July 25, 2003.  Islamic guerrillas have been fighting for independence of the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir since 1989 but for the first time in 13 years, Kashmiris living in Srinagar have enjoyed a fragile peace and rise in tourism.
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  • Henna is applied to the hands and feet of a bride before her engagement ceremony in Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir.
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  • A Kashmiri store owner smokes a pipe in central Srinigar, February 12, 2002 in the Indian held state of Kashmir. India and Pakistan have already fought three wars over Kashmir and are the brink again as they amass their troops along the Line of Control.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Muslims gather inside the Jamia Masjid mosque for the first Fridy afternoon prayers of Ramadan in Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir, in India  November 23, 2001.  Kashmir has seen nearly 1000 civilians killed this year alone and 1,765 wounded in a brutal conflict that the United Nations calls the most dangerous place in the world.
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  • A Kashmiri woman prays inside Jamia Masjid mosque during afternoon prayers in Srinagar, the summer captial of the Indian held state of Jammu and Kashmir on May 24. Many Kashmiris are mourning the death of Abdul Ghani Lone, a leader of the All Parties Hurriyat (Freedom) Conference, Kashmir's main separatist alliance who was shot dead at a public meeting on Tuesday. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Kashmiri men pray inside the Jama Masjid mosque during Ramadan in Srinagar, the summer capital of the state of Kashmir in India, November 20.  Kashmir has seen over 900 civilians killed this year and 1,765 wounded in a brutal conflict that the United Nations once called the most dangerous place in the world.
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  • KASHMIR,INDIA: A Kashmiri Muslim woman and her child visit a Shiite shrine in Srinagar, the Indian held summer capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir .  A sign reads that ladies are not allowed to enter the shrine after 6:30 pm.  Islamic guerrillas have been fighting for independence of the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir since 1989 but for the first time in 13 years, Kashmiris living in Srinagar have enjoyed a fragile peace and boon in tourism.
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  • A Kashmir woman watches the famous Sufi Saint  from outside his fence in the hopes that he will answer some of her prayers and give her spiritual guidance in the village of Sopore, August 19, 2002. Though the majority of Kashmiri people are Muslim, there is also a strong legacy of Sufism in the region. This has created a special brand of Islam throughout the Himalayan area.
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  • Indian Border Security Force soldiers conduct a cordon and search operation where they entered homes and searched the area for militants in a suburban area of Srinigar, the summer capital of Indian held Kashmir  February 15.  India and Pakistan have already fought three wars over Kashmir and were on the brink again as they amassed near a million troops along the Line of Control.
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  • Kashmiri Muslims looks up at what is believed to be a relic of Prophet Mohammed's hair at the Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar, May 25.   Since the 15th century, the Himalayan kingdom of Kashmir was known for its beauty and serenity. Everyone from Mughal emporors to British colonialists fell in love with its physical beauty.  Since 1989, it has been a state under siege, with both India and Pakistan laying claim to it. Human rights organizations say more than 80,000 have died in the 13 year old conflict. The Indian government says 40,000, but whatever the number, it has been mainly Kashmiri residents who have suffered as the two nuclear armed countries continue their proxy war.
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  • A Kashmiri child waits outside in a cordoned area along with hundreds of other villagers that were evacuated around 4 a.m. March 28, 2002 before a gun battle between a militant and Indian security forces broke out in Budgam district west of Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. The muslim militant hid in a mosque in a 20-hour siege. It was the fourth time in two months that separatists had sought refuge in a mosque in the Himalayan region. Nearly a dozen militant groups are fighting New Delhi's rule in Jammu and Kashmir. India accuses Pakistan of arming and training Islamic militants. Pakistan denies the charge and says it only offers moral and diplomatic support to Kashmiri separatists.
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  • Kashmiri youth scream "We want freedom" during a protest in the streets of Srinagar on September 24. Few people braved anti-poll violence in Kashmir's main city to vote in a state election after an early morning gun battle between Indian Border Security Forces and suspected Muslim militants.
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  • Jammu and Kashmir police charge and arrest Moulana Mohammed Tahri who is the second in charge of the Democratic Freedom Party as others run away after they attempted to  march in the streets of Srinagar, Kashmir Tuesday, November 6. The war in Kashmir has been going on since 1989 when militant organizations chose to fight for secession from India.
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  • SRINGAR,KASHMIR--MAY 1:  Kashmiri protesters fight with Indian security forces in the village of Sowtang in Budgam district, outside Srinagar, the Indian administered summer capital of Kashmir, May 1, 2003. Hundreds of Kashmiris were protesting the death of  a 17- year-old student, Javed Ahmad Magray, who was allegedly taken from his home in the night by Indian security and killed in cold blood.
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  • The relatives and neighbors of Muzzamil Ahmad, a 19-year-old Muslim who was killed when he was hit by an Indian security force vehicle, mourn his death in Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir September 28.
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  • SRINGAR:KASHMIR:MAY 1:  Kashmiri protesters raise their arms to show they are unarmed as they pass Indian security forces in the village of Sowtang in Budgam district, outside Srinagar, the Indian administered summer capital of Kashmir May 1, 2003. Hundreds of Kashmiris were protesting the death of  a 17- year-old student, Javed Ahmad Magray, who was allegedly taken from his home in the night by Indian security and killed in cold blood.
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  • The relatives and neighbors of Muzzamil Ahmad, a 19-year-old Muslim, who was killed when he was hit by an Indian security force vehicle move his body from a street in Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir.  Nearly 1,000 people blocked traffic, threw stones and shouted anti-India slogans after he was killed.
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  • Dheeraj Kohli, who was killed while working as a police officer by an unknown militant in a grenade attack on   is cremated March 31, in Jammu. At least 10 were killed and 18 injured after two militants went on a shooting spree and threw grenades in a temple and shopping district of the Indian state. Nearly a dozen militant groups are fighting New Delhi's rule in Jammu and Kashmir. India accuses Pakistan of arming and training Islamic militants. Pakistan denies the charge and says it only offers moral and diplomatic support to Kashmiri separatists. (Ami Vitale).
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  • A Kashmiri woman prays inside Dastigeer Sahib Shrine at the summer capital  of Srinagar in the Indian held state of Kashmir,  September 20, 2002. After the Friday afternoon prayers, protesters took to the streets to voice their feelings about the elections in Kashmir and Jammu and Kashmir police responded with tear gas and one arrest.
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  • KASHMIR,INDIA, JULY 30:   Photos of missing Kashmiris are spread on the floor during a meeting of the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) in Srinagar, the Indian held summer capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir July 30, 2003.  The group says that 8,000 people are missing since the insurgency began and they beleive most have been taken by Indian security forces and never returned.  Since 1989, Kashmir has been a state under siege, with both India and Pakistan laying claim to it. Human rights organizations say more than 80,000 have died in the 13 year old conflict. The Indian government says 40,000, but whatever the number, it has been mainly Kashmiri residents who have suffered as the two nuclear armed countries fight a proxy war.
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  • KASHMIR,INDIA, AUGUST 4: Patients hold their hands out for cigarettes at the Government Hospital for Psychiatric Diseases in the Kashmiri summer capital, Srinagar, August 4, 2003. In the past 13 years, a Muslim insurgency has scarred the residents of this valley, disputed by India and Pakistan. Once described as "paradise on earth" with its magnificent landscapes and bustling tourist business, now all of Kashmir's cinemas and most of its hotels have been turned into army barracks.  India says 36,000 people have been killed; human rights groups say 80,000. 12 years ago, psychiatrists saw about 20 patients a day. Now, they treat as many as 200.
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  • Children who were forced to migrate from their home in Pargwal, India cool off  as a truck sprays water on them near Ahknoor in the Indian held state of Jammu and Kashmir. Indian and Pakistani troops continue to exchange heavy mortar, artillery and machine-gun fire along the line that divides Kashmir between them. India is pressing Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to crack down on the flow of Muslim militants from Pakistan into Kashmir.
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  • Ratno Devi and her two sons who were forced to migrate from their home in Pargwal, India prepare tents near Ahknoor in the Indian held state of Jammu and Kashmir, May 29, 2002. Indian and Pakistani troops continue to exchange heavy mortar, artillery and machine-gun fire along the line that divides Kashmir between them. India is pressing Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to crack down on the flow of Muslim militants from Pakistan into Kashmir.
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  • KASHMIR,INDIA, JULY 24: Muslim palanquin bearers (chairs on poles)  carry pilgrims to the holy cave of Amarnath, one of the most revered of Hindu shrines, near the resort town of Pahalgam, about 70 miles southeast of Srinagar, July 24, 2003.  Hundreds of  porters,  palanquin bearers and pony owners hire out their services to the Hindus on their pilgrimage. Nearly 120,000 pilgrims are expected to take part in this year's pilgrimage during the month-long festival and 21,000 paramilitary soldiers and policemen have been deployed along the mountain route to protect the pilgrims from Islamic guerrillas, who have been fighting for independence of the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir since 1989.
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  • KASHMIR,INDIA, AUGUST 3:Enveloped by the rugged and picturesque Himalayan mountains, a Hindu woman and her child are carried by  palanquin bearers (chairs carried on poles by two or four people) as they make their pilgrimage to the holy cave of Amarnath, one of the most revered of Hindu shrines, near Baltal, about 70 miles northeast of Srinagar, August 3, 2003.    21,000 paramilitary soldiers and policemen have been deployed along the mountain route to protect the pilgrims from Islamic guerrillas, who have been fighting for independence of the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir since 1989.
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  • KASHMIR,INDIA, AUGUST 3:Enveloped by the rugged and picturesque Himalayan mountains, a Bakarwal nomad leads his pony up the trail to the holy cave of Amarnath, one of the most revered of Hindu shrines, near Baltal, about 70 miles northeast of Srinagar, August 3, 2003.  The sign reads "Shooting Area, Be Care Full" and is refering to falling rocks although some interpreted it as a sign warning of militant attacks. Last year, an attack was made on a base camp in Pahalgam by Islamic terrorists killing several pilgrims.  21,000 paramilitary soldiers and policemen have been deployed along the mountain route to protect the pilgrims from Islamic guerrillas, who have been fighting for independence of the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir since 1989.
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  • A Kashmiri man paddles to a floating market in the early freezing temperatures before sunrise on Dal Lake in the summer capital of Kashmir, Srinagar India, November 24. In the background, echoing through the nearby mountains, gunshots and fighting could be heard. Kashmir was once a tourist hotspot but now vendors struggle to survive in a place that has seen nearly 1000 civilians killed this year alone and 1,765 wounded in a brutal conflict that the United Nations calls the most dangerous place in the world.
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  • KASHMIR,INDIA: A Kashmiri vegetable seller holds a Kashmiri Lotus flower at the early morning market in Dal Lake in Srinagar.  There has been less violence in Srinagar since a recent thaw in relations between nuclear-rivals India and Pakistan.  More than 38,000 people have died in Indian Kashmir since the eruption of the anti-Indian rebellion in 1989. Human rights groups and separatists put the toll twice as high.
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  • Kashmiri children dressed symbolically in uniforms from the colonial era participate in India's main official Independence Day ceremony that passed  peacefully in the summer capital of Srinagar,  August 15, 2002. The ceremony was held in Srinagar's Bakshi Stadium which had been ringed by local and federal police, border guards and Indian army soldiers to prevent militant strikes.
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  • Children who were forced to migrate from their home in Pargwal, India cool off  as a truck sprays water on them near Ahknoor in the Indian held state of Jammu and Kashmir. Indian and Pakistani troops continue to exchange heavy mortar, artillery and machine-gun fire along the line that divides Kashmir between them. India is pressing Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to crack down on the flow of Muslim militants from Pakistan into Kashmir.
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  • Hundreds of  villagers sit  outside their homes after Indian soldiers search for a militant, March 28, 2002  in Budgam district west of Srinagar. The militant hid in a mosque in a 20-hour siege. It was the fourth time in two months that separatists had sought refuge in a mosque in the Himalayan region. .
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  • A mother, holding her daughter mourns the death of her son who was thought to be a militant. Guerrilla violence in Kashmir has slowed but it is a fragile peace between India and Pakistan, who both claim the Himalayan region.
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  • SRINAGAR, KASHMIR,INDIA, MARCH 20, 2004:A Kashmiri  man sits inside a police van after he was arrested by Jammu and Kashmir police for protesting with the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian held Jammu and Kashmir state in India, March 20, 2004. At least a dozen people were wounded when police used batons to disperse hundreds of protestors. APDP says more than six thousand people have gone missing since the bloody revolt erupted in Kashmir.
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  • SRINAGAR, KASHMIR,INDIA, MARCH 12, 2004:Kashmiri boys play cricket on the eve of the much anticiapted match between India and Pakistan in Srinagar, the summer capital of the Indian held state of Kashmir, March 12, 2004.    Tens of thousands of people have died in Kashmir since the eruption of anti-Indian revolt in the region in 1989. Separatists put the toll at between 80,000 and 100,000.
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  • BADGAM, INDIA, MARCH 10, 2004:Villagers mourn the death of five people who were killed along with  48 who were injured, when a grenade exploded in the hands of a man who was seeking to extort money from a family in Badgam district of Kashmir, March 10, 2004.   Locals said the man was a former militant who was extorting money from villagers and thousands came out to mourn the deaths. Tens of thousands of people have died in Kashmir since the eruption of anti-Indian revolt in the region in 1989. Separatists put the toll at between 80,000 and 100,000.  (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • SRINAGAR, KASHMIR,INDIA, MARCH 21, 2004: The body of an alleged foreign separatist militant who holed himself up inside a Kashmiri home lies in Narkara, some 12 miles southwest of Srinagar, India,  March 21, 2004. One suspected militant and a soldier were killed in the gunbattle that lasted 12 hours. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • AKHNOOR, INDIA, FEB. 24, 2004:  A Hindu man carries his child in a bucket to entertain her while he collects water for cooking at a migrant camp near Akhnoor, India  February 24, 2004.  The family has been living in a tent for the last 5 years  after they fled their village  on the Line of Control because of shelling from Pakistan.  Most would like to return to their homes but even with the recent thaw and talk of peace, few here seem convinced they will be returning any time soon.
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  • BADGAM, INDIA, MARCH 10, 2004:A Kashmiri woman comforts her relative as they mourn the death of five people who were killed along with  48 who were injured, when a grenade exploded in the hands of a man who was seeking to extort money from a family in Badgam district of Kashmir, March 10, 2004.   Locals said the man was a former militant who was extorting money from villagers and thousands came out to mourn the deaths. Tens of thousands of people have died in Kashmir since the eruption of anti-Indian revolt in the region in 1989. Separatists put the toll at between 80,000 and 100,000.
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  • BEERU, INDIA, FEB. 27, 2004: Relatives mourn the death of Samreena Iqbal, 18,  who was killed ina an attack on Kashmir 's Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Syed in Beeru,  25 miles west of Srinagar, February 27, 2004. The chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir escaped after two grenades were thrown.A spokesman of Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen, a hardline Kashmiri group, called newspaper offices in Srinagar to say they had carried out the attack.  Guerrilla violence in Kashmir has continued unabated despite peace moves by India and Pakistan, who both claim the Himalayan region.
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  • BADGAM, KASHMIR,INDIA, MARCH 10, 2004:Villagers mourn the death of five people who were killed along with  48 who were injured, when a grenade exploded in the hands of a man who was seeking to extort money from a family in Badgam district of Kashmir, March 10, 2004.   Locals said the man was a former militant who was extorting money from villagers and thousands came out to mourn the deaths. Tens of thousands of people have died in Kashmir since the eruption of anti-Indian revolt in the region in 1989. Separatists put the toll at between 80,000 and 100,000.
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  • Villagers mourn the death of five people who were killed along with  48 who were injured, when a grenade exploded in the hands of a man who was seeking to extort money from a family in Badgam district of Kashmir, March 10, 2004.   Locals said the man was a former militant who was extorting money from villagers and thousands came out to mourn the deaths. Tens of thousands of people have died in Kashmir since the eruption of anti-Indian revolt in the region in 1989. Separatists put the toll at between 80,000 and 100,000.
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  • Indian Border Security Force Officers patrol the picturesque Dal Lake in the summer capital of  Srinagar in the Indian held state of Kashmir.  Once a tourist hotspot, the only  visitors to this magnificent landscape these days are Indian soldiers. (Ami Vitale)
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  • An Indian soldier watches smoke billow after a rocket was launched at armed militants  hiding in a villagers house who infiltrated the Poonch district of Jammu along the Line of Control between Pakistan and India Friday, November 2, 2001. The militants were allegedly crossing the border to fight for the jihad in Kashmir. (Getty Images/Ami Vitale)
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  • SRINAGAR, KASHMIR - SEPT. 24: Border Security Force troopers run for cover as they flush out two Muslim militants holed up inside a residential house in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir state, on September 24. Few people braved anti-poll violence in Kashmir's main city to vote in a state election after the early morning gun battle.. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • SRINAGAR, KASHMIR - SEPT. 24: Border Security Force troopers run for cover as they flush out two Muslim militants holed up inside a residential house in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir state, on September 24. Few people braved anti-poll violence in Kashmir's main city to vote in a state election after the early morning gun battle.. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • SRINAGAR, KASHMIR - SEPT. 24: Border Security Force troopers run for cover after shooting a rocket propelled grenade launcherin an effort to flush out two Muslim militants holed up inside a residential house in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir state, on September 24. Few people braved anti-poll violence in Kashmir's main city to vote in a state election after the early morning gun battle.. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • A Kashmiri woman covered in a burqua and her son pass through a security check point during Ramadan in Srinagar, the summer capital of the state of Kashmir in India, November 20, 2001.  Kashmir has seen over 900 civilians killed this year and 1,765 wounded in a brutal conflict that the United Nations calls the most dangerous place in the world.  (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • SRINAGAR, KASHMIR - SEPT. 22: Children watch a rally of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president Omar Abdullah  on Dal Lake in the capital Srinagar of Indian Kashmir Sept. 22, 2002. Violence has marred the elections with nearly 500 people killed, including a state minister since the poll was called on August 2.  (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • MIRHAMA, KASHMIR - SEPT. 21: Relatives of Naz Banu, who was killed during an attack on leading politician Sakina Yatoo, mourn over her body during her funeral in the northern Kashmir town of Mirhama, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2002. At least 11 people were killed and a second abortive bid was made to assassinate a leading woman politician Saturday, just days before a crucial second round of polls in the strife-torn northern Indian state of Jammu-Kashmir. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KUPWARA, KASHMIR - AUGUST 18: Rice fields near the Line of Control in the Keran Sector of the Kupwara District in the Indian held state of Jammu and  Kashmir is seen from above, August 18, 2002.  Indian Army troops killed 7 militants early yesterday morning as they attempted to infiltrate from Pakistan along the Line of Control. They carried with them a large quantity of ammunition, arms and jehadi literature.   (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KUPWARA, KASHMIR - AUGUST 18: Rice fields near the Line of Control in the Keran Sector of the Kupwara District in the Indian held state of Jammu and  Kashmir is seen from above, August 18, 2002.  Indian Army troops killed 7 militants early yesterday morning as they attempted to infiltrate from Pakistan along the Line of Control. They carried with them a large quantity of ammunition, arms and jehadi literature.   (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • Kashmiri men sell their vegetables at a floating market in the early hours before sunrise on Dal Lake in the troubled summer capital of Kashmir, Srinagar India, November 24, 2001. In the background, echoing through the nearby mountains, gunshots and fighting could be heard. Kashmir was once a tourist hotspot but now vendors struggle to survive in a place that has seen nearly 1000 civilians killed this year alone and 1,765 wounded in a brutal conflict that the United Nations calls the most dangerous place in the world.  (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • Kashmiri men try to keep warm in the bitter cold morning hours before sunrise as they sell their vegetables at a floating market on Dal Lake in the summer capital of Kashmir, Srinagar India, November 24, 2001. In the background, echoing through the nearby mountains, gunshots and fighting could be heard. Kashmir was once a tourist hotspot but now vendors struggle to survive in a place that has seen nearly 1000 civilians killed this year alone and 1,765 wounded in a brutal conflict that the United Nations calls the most dangerous place in the world.  (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • Indian Security in Srinigar, Kashmir, February 12,2002.
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