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‘This is the struggle for freedom’: Father of Kashmir suicide bomber defends son’s actions which brought India and Pakistan to the brink
In Kashmir, Adam Withnall meets relatives of suicide bomber, whose actions provoked worst relations between nuclear neighbours in decades
The Independent
Adil Ahmad Dar's father shares a photo of his son ( Adam Withnall/The Independent )
Witnesses say it was an ordinary, albeit cold day in Kashmir when Adil Ahmad Dar drove his car into an Indian paramilitary convoy and detonated his explosives, killing 40 soldiers and himself in the deadliest attack of the region’s 30-year-old insurgency.
Dar’s actions did not only impact the lives of those Indian paramilitary officers and their families. The attack took place on the busy main highway between the region’s two main cities, Srinagar and Jammu. Body parts flew into the gardens of nearby homes, where children were playing. Residents were hurt, some badly, by broken glass, as the force of the blast shattered every window in a hamlet by the road. A row of shops lining the highway was badly damaged, and many have still not reopened.
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And on a much greater scale, the suicide bomber could scarcely have thought his actions would bring South Asia closer to the brink of nuclear conflict than at any point in the past two decades.
We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view.
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After the Pakistan-based jihadist group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) claimed responsibility for what is now known as the Pulwama bombing, India launched its first airstrikes on Pakistan since 1971. When Pakistan retaliated with its own show of aerial force, a dogfight ensued in which an Indian plane and its pilot came down in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
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Pakistan’s decision to return the pilothas eased the international community’s fears of an imminent war. But India does not rule out further air strikes on Pakistan and, here in Kashmir, large-scale troop movements and a wide crackdown on separatist groups show the situation is still far from normal.
At the heart of this crisis lies the restive, mostly agricultural region of south Kashmir, which encompasses Pulwama district
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‘This is the struggle for freedom’: Father of Kashmir suicide bomber defends son’s actions which brought India and Pakistan to the brink
In Kashmir, Adam Withnall meets relatives of suicide bomber, whose actions provoked worst relations between nuclear neighbours in decades
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The Independent
Adil Ahmad Dar's father shares a photo of his son ( Adam Withnall/The Independent )
Witnesses say it was an ordinary, albeit cold day in Kashmir when Adil Ahmad Dar drove his car into an Indian paramilitary convoy and detonated his explosives, killing 40 soldiers and himself in the deadliest attack of the region’s 30-year-old insurgency.
Dar’s actions did not only impact the lives of those Indian paramilitary officers and their families. The attack took place on the busy main highway between the region’s two main cities, Srinagar and Jammu. Body parts flew into the gardens of nearby homes, where children were playing. Residents were hurt, some badly, by broken glass, as the force of the blast shattered every window in a hamlet by the road. A row of shops lining the highway was badly damaged, and many have still not reopened.
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And on a much greater scale, the suicide bomber could scarcely have thought his actions would bring South Asia closer to the brink of nuclear conflict than at any point in the past two decades.
We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view.
From 15p a day, more exclusives, analysis and extras.
After the Pakistan-based jihadist group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) claimed responsibility for what is now known as the Pulwama bombing, India launched its first airstrikes on Pakistan since 1971. When Pakistan retaliated with its own show of aerial force, a dogfight ensued in which an Indian plane and its pilot came down in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
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Pakistan’s decision to return the pilothas eased the international community’s fears of an imminent war. But India does not rule out further air strikes on Pakistan and, here in Kashmir, large-scale troop movements and a wide crackdown on separatist groups show the situation is still far from normal.
At the heart of this crisis lies the restive, mostly agricultural region of south Kashmir, which encompasses Pulwama district
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