KASHMIR - India's Crackdown

One solution, although not likely to happen, is make Kashmir and independent nation.

"How people of Kashmir are reacting to India’s crackdown" PBS NewsHour 8/16/2019

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SUMMARY:  Nearly 4 million people in Kashmir have been confined to their homes in a total communications blackout since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stripped the primarily Muslim state of its semi-autonomous status 13 days ago.  Amna Nawaz reports and talks to Surabhi Tandon, special correspondent for France 24, about how civilians are handling the situation and why there hasn’t been more resistance.

DISPUTED LAND - Kashmir

"How India’s revoking of autonomy for Kashmir could lead to increased violence" PBS NewsHour 8/8/2019

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SUMMARY:  Government forces in riot gear are patrolling Kashmir, four days after India announced a change to the contested territory’s political status.  Until then, India’s only Muslim-majority region had enjoyed a high degree of autonomy.  Nick Schifrin talks to retired [Ambassador] Frank Wisner about the decades-long dispute between India and Pakistan over Kashmir and what’s at stake.