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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

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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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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An Indian Paramilitary soldier mans a barricade on a deserted street during curfew in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. The lives of millions in India's only Muslim-majority region have been upended since the latest, and most serious, crackdown followed a decision by New Delhi to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and downgrade the Himalayan region from statehood to a territory. Kashmir is claimed in full by both India and Pakistan, and rebels have been fighting Indian rule in the portion it administers for decades. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

The Latest: Strict curfew eased in Kashmir, tensions high

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Pakistani students attend an anti-Indian rally in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. Pakistan has decided to downgrade its diplomatic ties with neighboring India and suspend bilateral trade in response to New Delhi's decision to reduce the special status of Kashmir, a Himalayan region claimed by both countries. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan downgrades diplomatic ties with India over Kashmir

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

An Indian paramilitary soldier stops a commuter during curfew like restrictions in Jammu, India, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. An indefinite security lockdown was in place in the Indian-controlled portion of divided Kashmir on Monday, stranding millions in their homes as authorities also suspended some internet services and deployed thousands of fresh troops around the increasingly tense region. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

The Latest: UN chief worried about rising tensions in region

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Indians look at a residential building which caught fire in the early hours of the day in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019. A fire official says that the blaze has killed six people and injured another 10. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Fire in residential building kills 6 in Indian capital

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In this Saturday, June 22, 2019 photo, a salesman holds a bag of California almond kernels for a customer at a shop in New Delhi, India. California almond farmers are facing long-term uncertainty in the wake of new tariffs on exports to India, the state's top market for almonds. Farmers and experts predict the tariffs, leveled by India amid trade tensions with the United States, will complicate almond sales abroad. The tariffs may result in increased almond prices for buyers, so farmers expect to sell less. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

India tariffs threaten California almond industry

By SAMANTHA MALDONADO - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference on Monday, April 22, 2019, at the Department of State in Washington. The Trump administration on Monday told five nations — Japan, South Korea, Turkey, China and India — that they will no longer be exempt from U.S. sanctions if they continue to import oil from Iran. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Mike Pompeo heads to India at ‘unique’ moment against China

By Guy Taylor and Maggie Garred - The Washington Times

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives a giant floral garland from party leaders at their headquarters in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 23, 2019. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party claimed it had won reelection with a commanding lead in Thursday's vote count, while the stock market soared in anticipation of another five-year term for the pro-business Hindu nationalist leader. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Narendra Modi pressured by Trump Iran sanctions, India economy after election win

By Debasish Roy Chowdhury — Special to The Washington Times

Indian policemen stand guard outside a vote counting center in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. India's Election Commission has rejected opposition fears of possible tampering of electronic voting machines ahead of Thursday's vote-counting to determine the outcome of the country's mammoth national elections. Authorities on Wednesday tightened security at counting centers where the electronic voting machines have been kept in strong rooms across the country. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

India’s ruling party claims win with assured lead in votes

By Emily Schmall - Associated Press

FILE- In this Thursday, May 16, 2019 file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, is offered a giant floral garland during an election rally in Mathurapur, south of Kolkata, in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. Modi has taken his Bharatiya Janata Party’s fight to the state of West Bengal, where it hopes to retain a majority in staggered general elections concluding this week by diluting the strength of a formidable opponent, chief minister Mamata Banerjee. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)

India’s ruling party takes election battle to West Bengal

By JULHAS ALAM and EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

A Dec. 11, 2018, file photo of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, India. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump Iran oil brinksmanship puts India in crossfire

By Debasish Roy Chowdhury - Special to The Washington Times

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, talks with his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Zarif's visit to New Delhi comes within days of the United States ending its waiver to India that allowed it to buy Iranian oil without facing American sanctions. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Iran foreign minister visits India amid falling oil revenue

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US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross speaks at the 11th Trade Winds Business Forum and Mission hosted by the US Department of Commerce, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Top executives of more than 100 U.S. companies are visiting India to meet with government leaders, market experts and potential business partners to boost reciprocal trade. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

US commerce secretary urges India to open markets further

By SHONAL GANGULY - Associated Press

Employees of Jet Airways gather to demand clarification on unpaid salaries at the company headquarters in Mumbai, India Thursday, April 18, 2019. Jet Airways, once India's largest airline, announced on Wednesday that it is suspending all operations after failing to raise enough money to run its services. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Jet Airways’ lenders hope bidding process can save airline

By EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, April 9, 2019, photo, Associated Press video journalist Vineeta Deepak sits for a photograph in New Delhi, India. The Associated Press on Wednesday named Deepak, an experienced video journalist and bedrock member of its Indian staff, as its South Asia News Director to lead coverage of a region stretching from the heights of the Himalayas to the tropics of the Indian Ocean. She will drive AP's multi-format reporting on the world's largest democracy as it exerts its influence abroad while grappling with rising nationalism and growing inequality at home. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Vineeta Deepak to lead AP’s coverage of South Asia region

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Indian polling officials and police with electronic voting machines and voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) sit inside a vehicle before heading to a polling station on the eve of the first phase of general election in Majuli, Assam, India, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Voting will take place in seven phases over six weeks beginning Thursday. Nearly 900 million people, including 15.9 million first-time voters, are eligible to cast ballots in the world's largest democratic exercise. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

4 killed in Indian election violence as voting kicks off

By EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 4, 2019, file photo, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama speaks during a press conference after talking to an audience of educators, in New Delhi, India. The Dalai Lama has been hospitalised in the Indian capital with chest infection and is feeling much better. The Tibetan spiritual leader's spokesman Tenzin Taklha says the Dalai Lama is under medication and likely to spend a day or two in the hospital. The Dalai Lama flew to New Delhi from Dharmsala for consultations with doctors and was hospitaliszd on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Dalai Lama hospitalized with chest infection, feeling better

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Supporters of a Pakistani religious group Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba chant slogans at a rally to condemn Indian aggression, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. Pakistan's air force shot down two Indian warplanes after they crossed the boundary between the two nuclear-armed rivals in the disputed territory of Kashmir on Wednesday and captured one Indian pilot, a military spokesman said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Q&A: What’s at stake as India-Pakistan tensions rise?

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press