Analysis
Kashmir’s Disputed Accession: Seventy-Nine Years Without a Final Settlement
Laiba Tariq On the morning of 27 October 1947, Indian aircraft landed at Srinagar. These aircraft were carrying Indian soldiers...
Read more
27 October 1947: The Beginning of Kashmir’s Unfinished Struggle
Minahil Gul 27 October 1947 remains a decisive date in the history of Jammu and Kashmir. For Kashmiris, it represents...
Read more
The Standstill Agreement and the Contested October
Muhammad Waleed Akhtar "The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must." Thucydides wrote that line...
Read more
The Judicialization of Repression: Silencing Dissent in Occupied Kashmir
The refusal to grant bail to veteran Kashmir leader Shabbir Ahmad Shah in a case dating back nearly three decades...
Read more
The Women the World Has Forgotten: Kashmir’s Half Widows
By Zainab Noor Nearly every family in the Dardpora village of Kupwara district of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir...
Read more
The Echo of a Void: The Futility of the Indian-Occupied Kashmir Assembly’s Resolutions
When the most basic demands of an elected body are met with the calculated silence of New Delhi, a resolution...
Read more
The Hidden Cost of Occupation: How New Delhi’s Security Grid Stifles Women’s Development in IIOJK
Madiha Munir When geopolitical analysts evaluate the protracted conflict in Indian-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), the discussion almost always centers...
Read more
Settler colonialism cloaked in democracy
By Nisar Ahmed Thakur The International Day of Democracy, established by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2007, was...
Read moreThe Architecture of Coercion: Independence Day as Collective Punishment in Kashmir
Every August 15th, the streets of Srinagar and the wider landscape of Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir undergo a ritualistic transformation....
Read more
From Special Status to Security Laws: Human Rights Implications of the 2019 Abrogation in IIOK
3 a.m. knocks. Broken doors.2800 detained in 3 weeks. This is what ‘Post-2019 Normalcy’ looks like in IIOK. In the...
Read more
Recent News
Follow Asia Free Press (AFP) on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Youtube and Instagram for the latest news from China, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Kashmir and across Asia.
