But now with end of Article 370 and 35A - hopefully Kashmir will economically begin doing well.
https://housing.com/in/buy/srinagar/house-srinagar_1
From what I understand the real estate sector is booming. This will probably lead to a boom in the hospitality sector.
This simply isn't true. There have been multiple cases of human rights violations. Anywhere in the world if you put an Army in charge of a hostile civilian population, there will be violations. Now with social media and proliferation of cameras, this has come down. But speak to local Kashmiris...
"Let's not use Pandits here?" For the record, there were no troops patrolling the streets of J&K till 1989. That's what caused the Pandit exodus in the first place.
Also it is a might Himalayan coincidence that the terrorism in Kashmir in 1989 began with the end of the Soviet occupation of...
When the troops weren't there, the Pandits were driven out of the Valley by rogue elements.
Being coreligionists, didn't stop Pakistan from raping, murdering own citizens in East Pakistan. We don't consider ethnic Pakistanis and ethnic Kashmiris have anything in common. It's not as if...
China has 2 parts of Kashmir -
1. which it occupied in 1962 during the war with India - Aksai Chin region
2. Saksham Valley whose claim was given up by Pakistan in 1963. I am not sure if it was indeed under Pak control at any point - some Pakistani member can shed light on this.
India is...
According to the Indian Independence Act of the British Parliament which created the dominions of India and Pak, the rulers of Princely States were free to join either nation or remain independent. The Maharaja of Kashmir after an illegal invasion of Pakistan joined India and signed the Treaty...
Pakistan is working its own interest. As far as Pak is concerned, anyone not remotely associated with India is good - and the alternate to Karzai an now Ghani Govt. is Taliban.
But Pak's ability to commit harakiri in foreign policy and military policy is legendary - a false sense of "security...
When I read new road brings Tibetans hope, I assumed the CCP had built a road straight to the Indian border outpost where the Chinese citizens could ask for refuge so they don't have to trudge across mountainous terrain in search of hope.
Top LeT commander among 2 terrorists killed in J&K's Shopian encounter
Two terrorists, including a top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian on early Monday morning...
First time I've seen a Pak General talk strategy. Usually it's all tactics and bluster. This guy seems to have a more holistic view and is pragmatic and brutally honest. How come he didn't become Army Chief?
Why just Asia - borders are pretty arbitrary all over the world. There will always be some cultural overlap between border areas - NY/Ontario, Alsace & Lorraine and German-speaking Northern Italy come to mind.
Point here is not the borders drawn but the ACCEPTANCE of the borders in question...
And however spirited the debate and the bad blood, let's stick to the topic at hand - Afghanistan. There are enough Indo -Pak threads where these debates can take place.
Ad hominen attacks are against forum rules. Stick to the topic. And of course India shares a border with Afghanistan - it's just currently illegally occupied by Pakistan and is known as PoK.
