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An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard near a temporary checkpoint during lockdown in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. The latest crackdown began just before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist-led government stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its semi-autonomy and its statehood, creating two federal territories. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Security in Kashmir tightened following call for march

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

Kashmiri youth Gulam Rasool Bhat shows pellet wounds on his body inside his home in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. The president of Pakistani-administered Kashmir welcomed efforts by U.S. President Donald Trump to lower tensions between Pakistan and India over the disputed Himalayan region on Tuesday and warned of a deepening humanitarian crisis and food shortages in the Indian-held portion. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

At least 2,300 detained in locked-down Indian-ruled Kashmir

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

A Kashmiri woman walks past an Indian paramilitary soldier who prepares to block a road with barbed wires during security lockdown in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

Pakistan decries cross-border fire as Kashmir security eases

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN and MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

The Latest: Trump speaks with India’s Modi about Pakistan

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Police: Mudslide in Pakistani-administered Kashmir kills 7

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Indian paramilitary soldiers inside an armored vehicle keep vigil during security lockdown in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi defended his government's controversial measure to strip the disputed Kashmir region of its statehood and special constitutional provisions in an Independence Day speech Thursday, as about 7 million Kashmiris stayed indoors for the 11th day of an unprecedented security lockdown and communications blackout. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

The Latest: Spokesman says Trump spoke with Pakistan’s PM

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Pakistan's Mohammad Aslam shows a picture of his son Taimoor Aslam, who he said lost his life at the Kashmir border area called the Line of Control between Indian and Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, in Lahore, Pakistan. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudhry)

Hundreds defy restrictions, join protests in Kashmir

By ASHOK SHARMA and EDITH M. LEDERER - 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

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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

In this Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019 file photo, 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. Pakistan's prime minister assured Kashmiri people living in the Indian-administered part of the divided region that he supports them in their struggle for self-determination. In his statement Wednesday, Imran Khan condemned New Delhi's decision Aug. 5 to downgrade Kashmir's status, as he began celebrations marking Pakistan's independence day.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)

India’s Modi defends Kashmir policy amid clash with Pakistan

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and EMILY SCHMALL - 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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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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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

A family wades through a flooded street caused by heavy monsoon rains, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019. Monsoon rains have inundated much of Pakistan, leaving large parts of the southern city of Karachi underwater and causing some deaths. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Monsoon rains inundate Pakistan, cause 17 deaths

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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)

India promises easing of restrictions, food for Kashmir

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

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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FILE - In this Thursday, March 14, 2019, file photo, an Indian paramilitary soldier holds a flag of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as he stands guard during a meeting of the party ahead of the upcoming elections in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised early elections in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir days after stripping it of statehood and turning it into a federally administered territory. In an address to the nation late Thursday, Aug. 8, Modi said the change in Kashmir’s set-up will help free the disputed region of “terrorism and separatism” and put it on a path of development. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan, File)

Roadmap for India’s troubled Kashmir under its new status

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 1947, file photo, a cart loaded with children and household goods belonging to a Muslim family fleeing from Hindu India moves along a road near Lahore, India. In 1947 Britain left the Indian subcontinent divided as predominantly Hindu India and mainly Muslim Pakistan. Massive migrations of Hindus and Muslims to their country of choice trigged violence, leaving more than million people dead. (AP Photo/Max Desfor, File)

Key events in Kashmir since British rule ended in 1947

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A Kashmiri man receives treatment for pellet injuries at the Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. Tens of thousands of government forces in riot gear patrol Indian-controlled Kashmir. Streets lined with shuttered shops are deserted, steel barricades and razor wire cutting off neighborhoods. At the SMHS hospital, doctors told The Associated Press on Thursday that at least 50 people had come in with wounds from pellet guns and rubber bullets, the ammunition security forces often use to disperse protests. (AP Photo/Sheikh Saaliq)

Kashmir’s streets silent as people’s despair and rage grow

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press