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...land to a local Hindu pilgrimage group, and drew as many as 500,000 protesters on one day. The police fired on the crowds (Muddasar, the young stone thrower, was among those injured) and as many as 20 people were killed in the most intense week of protests. For Basharat, just 14, Amarnath was his initiation. I asked him what he felt the first time he threw a stone. "Anger," he says. But throwing wasn't enough. "It has to hit its target...
...seat at the negotiating table for them. India has been reluctant to allow the separatists a voice in the talks. "We've seen meetings between the Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretaries, but things won't change much in Kashmir unless Kashmiris have a say in the talks," says Basharat Peer, author of a new memoir about growing up during the insurgency. "We are a people desperate to be heard...
...Bangladesh. Last week three young Pakistanis burst into the London offices of the Indian High Commission armed with swords, acid spray and toy guns. They took eight staff members hostage, apparently to draw attention to the P.O.W. issue. British police, thinking the guns were real, killed two youths, Basharat Hussain and Mohammed Hanif Hussain, both 19, and captured the third, a 15-year...
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