Zahid Rafiq

While New Del­hi and Is­lam­abad de-es­ca­late ten­sions, Kash­mir, the epi­cen­tre of the con­flict, finds it­self on ten­ter­hooks.

Civil­ians bear the brunt of con­flict as In­di­an forces blow up hous­es as part of their of­fen­sive against rebel fight­ers.

Since the be­gin­ning of the up­ris­ing in Kash­mir, vol­un­teers have been help­ing at hos­pi­tals and of­fer­ing free school­ing.

Along roads con­trolled by pro­test­ers and towns pa­trolled by In­di­an troops into hos­pi­tal wards filled with pain.

Cur­few ig­nored as thou­sands con­tin­ue to take to the streets af­ter rebel’s killing and 30 civil­ians shot dead.