Word: baramulla
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Sofi, and 13 other separatist candidates in the districts of Kupwara and Baramulla, have put their lives on the line at a time when the tide of assassination is rising. But New Delhi is taking chances too, sending soldiers to protect the same activists whose cries of azadi (freedom) would a few months ago have met with arrest, even execution...
...JULY 15 12:20 P.M. Militants hurl a grenade at an army patrol outside the northwestern town of Baramulla. One soldier is injured. His comrades quickly bring him to a hospital, where he later dies. Reinforcements arrive and the soldiers begin a sweep for the attackers. As Musharraf takes a break from his meetings to tour the Taj Mahal, men from the 8 JAK Rifles enter an orchard and force four laborers to leave with them. At dusk, villagers hear short bursts of gunfire. The next morning, a policeman reports that soldiers killed six "hard-core" militants during the search...
Heretofore, British and Europeans had been fairly safe. But they were no longer safe in Kashmir. Mahsud tribesmen burst into a hospital at Baramulla last week, killed a British officer, his wife and two nuns...
| 1 |