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Pakistani Kashmiris burn effigies of Indian leaders at a protest in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, capital of Pakistani Kashmir, Friday, Aug. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/M.D. Mughal) ** FILE **

Kashmir conflict: U.S. watches warily as Pakistan warns of Indian-led genocide

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE- In this May 16, 2014 file photo, Indians take photographs of a portrait of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi, with an outline of the India map made with colored powder and surrounded by rose petals, in Gandhinagar, Gujarat state, India. Modi, who became a Hindu nationalist before he was 10 years old, has upended life in India’s only Muslim-majority state, flexing those nationalist muscles for his millions of followers. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das, File)

Modi clamps down on Kashmir, and India loves him for it

By TIM SULLIVAN - Associated Press

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses to the nation on the country's Independence Day from the ramparts of the historical Red Fort in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. Modi said that stripping the disputed Kashmir region of its statehood and special constitutional provisions has helped unify the country. Modi gave the annual Independence Day address from the historic Red Fort in New Delhi as an unprecedented security lockdown kept people in Indian-administered Kashmir indoors for an eleventh day. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

The Latest: UN Security Council to discuss Kashmir

Associated Press

A Kashmiri man walks as Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard during security lockdown in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. India has maintained an unprecedented security lockdown to try to stave off a violent reaction to Kashmir's downgraded status. Protests and clashes have occurred daily, thought the curfew and communications blackout have meant the reaction is largely subdued. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

Activists describe life under lockdown in Kashmir as ‘grim’

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier patrols near the India Pakistan border fencing at Garkhal in Akhnoor, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) west of Jammu, India, Tuesday, Aug.13, 2019. Pakistan has denounced India’s actions to change the special status of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir and has downgraded its diplomatic ties with New Delhi. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Pakistani P.M. reiterates support to Kashmiris on Indian side

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FILE- In this Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019 file photo, Kashmiri women walk at a deserted Lal Chowk square, a frequent site for anti-India protests, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Life is very different in the Kashmir Valley these days, under an unprecedented security crackdown to prevent an uprising after the central government unexpectedly stripped its special constitutional status, the last vestige of real autonomy for the predominantly Muslim region. (AP Photo/Sheikh Saaliq, File)

Kashmiri reporter finds fear, chaos in locked-down hometown

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

India's Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers patrol near the India Pakistan border fencing at Garkhal in Akhnoor, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) west of Jammu, India, Tuesday, Aug.13, 2019. Pakistan has denounced India’s actions to change the special status of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir and has downgraded its diplomatic ties with New Delhi. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

The Latest: Pakistan protests killing of villager in Kashmir

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FILE- In this Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019 file photo, Kashmiri women walk at a deserted Lal Chowk square, a frequent site for anti-India protests, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Life is very different in the Kashmir Valley these days, under an unprecedented security crackdown to prevent an uprising after the central government unexpectedly stripped its special constitutional status, the last vestige of real autonomy for the predominantly Muslim region. (AP Photo/Sheikh Saaliq, File)

Inside locked down Kashmir, a reporter finds fear and chaos

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

A security person stands guard during a security lockdown in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Aug. 12, 2019. Troops in India-administered Kashmir allowed some Muslims to walk to local mosques alone or in pairs to pray for the Eid al-Adha festival on Monday during an unprecedented security lockdown that still forced most people in the disputed region to stay indoors on the Islamic holy day. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Indian-controlled Kashmir under strict lockdown for 9th day

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

Pakistan Rangers soldiers, in black, face Indian Border Security Force soldiers at a daily closing ceremony on the Indian side of the Attari-Wagah border, Friday, Aug. 9, 2019. About 8,000 supporters of a Pakistani Islamist party are marching toward the Indian embassy in Islamabad to denounce New Delhi's actions to change the special status of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. Both Pakistan and India claim all of Kashmir. Tensions have soared this week after India downgraded the Muslim-majority region's status from statehood to a territory. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)

Pakistan seeks urgent UN meeting on India action in Kashmir

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

China, India diplomats meet amid tensions over Kashmir

Associated Press

FILE- In this March 10, 2015 file photo, the sun peeks through a gap between clouds and a mountain as Kashmiri fishermen row their boats on their way home after working in Dal Lake in Srinagar, in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Kashmir’s pristine Alpine landscape, ski resorts, lake houseboat stays and uninterrupted acres of apple orchards have long made it a global tourist draw. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)

India sees once-off-limits Kashmir as investment frontier

By EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

Kashmir is in need of reforms and the economic benefits of a unified India, Vinay Prabhakar Sahasrabuddhe told an audience at the Hudson Institute. (Associated Press/File)

Vinay Prabhakar Sahasrabuddhe defends Narendra Modi’s Kashmir crackdown

By Maggie Garred - The Washington Times

Indian paramilitary soldiers guard as a Kashmiri livestock seller crosses a street ahead of Eid al Adha during a security lock down in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmiri, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019. Authorities enforcing a strict curfew in Indian-administered Kashmir say they will bring in trucks of essential supplies for the Islamic festival next week, as the divided Himalayan region remained in a lockdown following India's decision to strip it of its constitutional autonomy. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

India eases restrictions in Kashmir for Islamic festival

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

A man sits on a bench on a flooded road after heavy rainfall in Ahmadabad, India, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019. India's monsoon rain runs from June through September. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Death toll rises to 93 in floods, mudslides in south India

Associated Press

Muslims walk past Indian paramilitary soldiers after offering prayers during Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, in Jammu, India, Monday, Aug.12, 2019. An uneasy calm prevailed in Indian-administered Kashmir on Monday as people celebrated a major Islamic festival during a severe crackdown after India moved to strip the disputed region of its constitutional autonomy and imposed an indefinite curfew. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Troops let Muslims walk to mosques in Indian-ruled Kashmir

By Aijaz Hussain - Associated Press

A Kashmiri protester shouts slogans during an anti-India protest in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

India promises easing of restrictions, food for Kashmir

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

India’s Congress party appoints Sonia Gandhi interim chief

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A Kashmiri protester shouts slogans during an anti-India protest in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

The Latest: Congress party says people dying in Kashmir

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A man walks past Rapid Action Force (RAF) soldiers standing guard in Jammu, India, Friday, Aug. 9, 2019. The restrictions on public movement throughout Kashmir have forced people to stay indoors and closed shops and even clinics. All communications and the internet have been cut off. Prime Minister Modi said late Thursday the situation in the region would return to normal gradually. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Curfew eased partially in Kashmir for Friday prayers

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