This is the first time that an indigenous militant group in Kashmir has warned of suicide attacks. Till now, such attacks, though few, were carried out by the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), a Pakistan-based terror group active in Kashmir. read more

Naikoo said militants and civilians were also killed when Mufti was in power. He added Mufti’s statements then were aimed at appeasing her erstwhile alliance partner, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and Delhi. read more

Like in the Khalistan movement in Punjab through the eighties and nineties, the militants’ objective in Kashmir is to demoralise the state police. The Punjab administration had countered that threat by moving officers and men out of their home districts... read more

Experts say dearth of jobs in the state and the security of a government job are the two main factors that drive Kashmiri youth into the police and the army. read more

Riyaz Naikoo, 30, started figuring prominently on the radar of security agencies after the killing of militant poster boy Burhan Wani in 2016. He carries a reward of Rs 12 lakh on his head. read more

Late on Friday evening, the militants released all 11 relatives of policemen after the state released the kin of the three militants detained earlier. read more

In an audio statement, Hizbul Mujahideen’s Riyaz Naikoo asks young men to post their experiences on social media if army “pushes them” for providing information about militants. read more