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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Lashkar stronger, richer after 26/11

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Ten months after the devastating attacks in Mumbai by Pakistan-based militants, the Lashkar- e-Tayyeba(LeT) remains largely intact and determined to strike India again, according to Lashkar members and Pakistani intelligence.

Despite pledges from Pakistan to dismantle militant groups operating on its soil, and the arrest of a handful of operatives, Lashkar has flourished since 10 of its members carried out the Mumbai attack last November.

Pakistan's chief spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence directorate, or ISI, helped create the LeT two decades ago to challenge Indian control in Kashmir.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Land transfer singes Kashmir

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Over 80 people, including at least 30 police and CRPF men, were injured in clashes after protests over the transfer of forest land to the Amarnath shrine trust exploded into violent street fighting in Srinagar and parts of Ganderbal district in the Kashmir valley on Tuesday.

An imprompt strike to protest the death of a demonstrator in Monday's police firing shut down Srinagar Mobs roamed the streets, pelting security forces with stones, provoking baton charges and firing of tear gas. Three police vans and a fire truck were damaged, and some structures at the Idgah ground were razed.

An estimated 15,000 people marched with the body of Feroz Ahmad Rah who was killed by a police bullet on Monday Hundreds of lawyers took out a separate procession through the Civil Lines area, shouting slogans against the land transfer.

In Ganderbal, police fired several rounds at protesters, eye witnesses said. PTI reported an abortive bid to storm the residence of Forest Minister Qazi Mohammad Afzal.

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