Summary It is being termed as the worst violence to hit the Himalayan region since 2010.
SRINAGAR (Dunya News / AFP) – Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir are escalating with each passing day with the curfew being still in place on 42nd day (Friday).
Indian troops have halted the entrance of vehicles in the valley carrying food items for the Kashmiris.
Educational institutions, business centers, internet and mobile services are still closed in the area.
Indian troops targeted an ambulance a day before and killed the driver by using pallet gun, raising the death toll to 83.
On the other hand, All Parties Hurriyet Conference has announced to expedite the protests against India and has extended the strike till August 25.
Hurriyet leader Syed Ali Gilani has said that India has turned the Kashmir Valley into a big slaughter house where people especially youth are being killed on daily basis.
All Parties Hurriyet Conference has also declared that a march against Indian violence will be conducted towards the district headquarters.
Syed Ali Gilani and Mir Waiz Umer Farooq have been under house arrest whereas Yasin Malik is being held in Central Jail.
The occupied territory is on the boil since the extra-judicial murder of the top commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, Burhan Wani, by Indian troops on July 8.
Atleast 83 people have been killed while over 80,00 injured so far in the firing of bullets, pallets, and teargas shells on peaceful protesters by Indian troops and police personnel
It is being termed as the worst violence to hit the Himalayan region since 2010.
Kashmir is split between India and Pakistan along a UN-monitored line of control, but both claim it in full and have fought two wars over its control.
Freedom fighters have fought Indian security forces in Kashmir since 1989 for the independence of the region or for it to be made part of Pakistan.
The conflict has left tens of thousands, mostly civilians, dead.
