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On the Kashmir Issue

Kashmir is burning again. After the killing of the young Kashmiri fighter Burhan Wani by the Indian forces the valley has erupted in violence again. After many Kashmiris protested the killings of Wani by demonstrations of roads, the Indian armed forces tried to suppress that protest by firing pallet bullets and killing scores of innocent Kashmiris and injuring thousands. To take the revenge of these killings militants attacked the Indian armed force camp in Uri sector few days ago at dawn killing 18 Indian soldiers. After this attack the tensions between the Indian and Pakistani nation states have reached their highest in the recent history. The mood in the Indian public is that of revenge and a final war with Pakistan to teach them a lesson of their lives. Many, especially retired army personnel, are calling for very stiff retaliatory action from the Indian armed forces; they want them to cross the line of control (LoC) to dismantle the terror camps in the so-called Azad Kashmir (aka