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New York Times
9 hours ago
- Politics
- New York Times
India Says It Killed 3 Militants Behind Spring Terrorist Attack in Kashmir
Indian security forces gunned down three assailants they said were involved in a deadly terrorist attack in Kashmir this spring, officials said on Tuesday, three months after the slaughter of civilians in a scenic park started a military conflict with neighboring Pakistan. Amit Shah, India's home minister, told the country's Parliament that security forces had followed the men in 'high-altitude forest' in the months since the April attack that killed 26 civilians, almost all of them tourists. The soldiers finally killed them in a shootout on Monday near the city of Srinagar, the capital city of India's Jammu and Kashmir region. Some Indian news outlets reported the killings on Monday, when the Indian Parliament began a debate on the government's handling of its conflict with Pakistan. But officials had urged caution, as they were still identifying the bodies to confirm they were those wanted over the attack in the Pahalgam area. Mr. Shah told Parliament on Tuesday that all three of the militants killed were Pakistani nationals and were all were involved in the terrorist attack. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration has come under pressure from the opposition for failing to track down the attackers for so long and because of how it conducted the clash with Pakistan, including how the escalations between the two nuclear-armed neighbors ended under pressure from President Trump. Even after India went into battle with Pakistan, accusing its neighbor of supporting militants who target India, many details about the incident were not publicly disclosed, including the exact number of attackers and their identities. There have also been questions over how such a security lapse could happen in one of the world's most militarized regions. Mr. Shah, the home minister, did not make it clear whether any of other attackers remained unaccounted for. 'It has been 100 days, and this government has not been able to catch those five terrorists,' Gaurav Gogoi, a leader of Indian National Congress party, the main opposition, said in Parliament on Monday before news reports of the killings started filtering through. New Delhi has long accused Pakistan's military of using militancy for proxy warfare by harboring and training groups who wage violence in India, particularly in the Kashmir valley. The region has been disputed ever since Pakistan was cleaved from India at the end of British colonial rule. Pakistani officials have accused India of starting the military conflict without providing proof that the militants behind the Pahalgam attack were tied to their country. After the terrorist attack in Pahalgam — where Hindu men were separated from their families and killed after being asked about their religion — Mr. Modi vowed military action against Pakistan. He also paused India's participation in a water-sharing treaty and downgraded its already minimal diplomatic ties. But after India's military action, its air forces suffered unwanted setbacks. As Indian jets flew along the border before dawn, targeting what were identified as terrorist camps inside Pakistan, the Pakistani side managed to shoot down some of the Indian aircraft. The attacks brought back bitter memories of similar incident in 2019, when Pakistan managed to capture an Indian pilot after shooting down his jet in a similar buildup of tensions. Indian officials remained largely silent about their losses as they extended their strikes to Pakistani military targets in the subsequent days of a conflict marked by heavy use of drones and missiles from both sides. Satellite images showed that they had managed to inflict damage on Pakistani military installations. 'In any exam, what matters is the result,' Rajnath Singh, India's defense minister, said during the parliamentary debate on Monday. 'If a student returns with good marks, it's their marks that should matter to us. We shouldn't be concerned about whether their pencil broke or they lost their pen during the exam.' The manner in which the fighting ended has also brought scrutiny on Mr. Modi. Mr. Trump made a surprise announcement from Washington that his officials had forced the agreement for a cessation of violence on both countries by using trade threats as leverage. India quickly tried to play that down, saying the request for a cease-fire had come from the Pakistani side under pressure from India's military assaults. But to New Delhi's embarrassment, Mr. Trump has repeated his claim more than two dozen times — something Mr. Modi's opposition has jumped on. In the raucous parliamentary debate on Monday, one Indian opposition lawmaker, Deepender Hooda, took a jab at Mr. Modi's struggle with Mr. Trump by suggesting an out-of-the-box trade lever of his own. 'Either shut Donald's mouth,' he said, 'or shut McDonalds in India.'
France 24
11 hours ago
- Politics
- France 24
Gunmen involved in Indian Kashmir tourist attack killed: minister
The heavily-armed men were killed in a military operation on Monday, more than three months after 26 people were gunned down in a popular resort town of Indian Kashmir on April 22. "I want to tell the parliament (that) those who attacked in Baisaran were three terrorists and all three have been killed," he said. Shah said all three were Pakistani nationals and identified two of them as members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a UN-designated terrorist group based in Pakistan. "Indian security agencies have detailed evidence of their involvement in the attack," he said in a speech in the lower house of parliament. Monday's operation took place in the mountains of Dachigam, around 30 kilometres (18 miles) from the disputed region's main city of Srinagar, the army said in a statement. The attack in April saw gunmen burst out of forests near Pahalgam and rake crowds of visitors with automatic weapons. All those killed were listed as residents of India except one man from Nepal. Survivors said gunmen had separated the men from the women and children and ordered some of the men to recite the Muslim declaration of faith. India accused Pakistan of backing the attackers, a charge Islamabad denied, sparking an intense four-day conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals in May that killed more than 70 people on both sides. Muslim-majority Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since their independence from British rule in 1947, and the neighbours -- who both claim the region in full -- have fought two wars and several conflicts over its control. Shah said a security meeting was held immediately after the attack and it was decided that the attackers should not be "allowed to leave the country and return to Pakistan". Investigators relied on eyewitness accounts and forensic evidence to establish that the rifles found on the men were the same that were used in the April attack, he said. "It was confirmed that these three rifles were involved in killing of our innocent civilians," said Shah. A shadowy group called The Resistance Front (TRF) initially claimed responsibility for the April attack. But as public criticism mounted over the killings, the group retracted its claim. Earlier this month, the United States described the TRF as a "front and proxy" of Lashkar-e-Taiba. © 2025 AFP
Arab News
11 hours ago
- Politics
- Arab News
India says gunmen involved in Indian-administered Kashmir tourist attack killed
New Delhi: Indian security forces have killed three gunmen who were involved in an attack on Hindu tourists in Indian Kashmir, home minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday. The heavily armed men were killed in a military operation on Monday, more than three months after 26 people were gunned down in a popular resort town of Indian Kashmir on April 22. 'I want to tell the parliament (that) those who attacked in Baisaran were three terrorists and all three have been killed,' he said. Shah identified two of the three killed as members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a UN-designated terrorist group based in Pakistan. 'Indian security agencies have detailed evidence of their involvement in the attack,' he said in a speech in the lower house of parliament. Monday's operation took place in the mountains of Dachigam, around 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the disputed region's main city of Srinagar, the army said in a statement. The attack in April saw gunmen burst out of forests near Pahalgam and rake crowds of visitors with automatic weapons. All those killed were listed as residents of India except one man from Nepal. India accused Pakistan of backing the attackers, a charge Islamabad denied, sparking an intense four-day conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals in May that killed more than 70 people on both sides. Muslim-majority Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since their independence from British rule in 1947, and the neighbors — who both claim the region in full — have fought two wars and several conflicts over its control.
RNZ News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- RNZ News
Television Critic: Attack on London: Hunting The 7/7 Bombers
Twenty years ago London was rocked by a terrorist attack that saw four separate suicide bombers set off explosives across the city during morning rush hour. A new documentary series on Netflix tells the story of the 7/7 bombings and its explosive aftermath. Linda Burgess gives her take on this and Young Sheldon. To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
Russia Today
3 days ago
- Politics
- Russia Today
Six people killed in terrorist attack in Iran (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)
At least six people have been killed, and 22 others wounded in a terrorist attack in southeastern Iran on Saturday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said. A mother and a one-year-old baby were among the dead, according to the local authorities. A group of three gunmen attacked a courthouse in the Islamic Republic's Sistan and Baluchestan province on Saturday morning, killing and injuring the building's staff and clients, the IRGC said in a statement published later in the day. The gunmen started a shootout with the police after failing to sneak into the building dressed as clients, Mehr News said, citing the local authorities. Before being killed, one reportedly threw a grenade into the building, killing and injuring a number of civilians. The other two gunmen were killed in the ensuing firefight on the street. Footage shows the first moments of clashes between IRGC Quds forces and terrorists attacking the courthouse in According to the IRGC, the attackers were found to have been wearing suicide vests. The province where the attack took place is located on the border with Pakistan and Afghanistan, and is home to Iran's Baloch Sunni minority. The area regularly sees deadly clashes between Iranian forces and armed groups. The Jaish al-Adl Baloch jihadist group – headquartered in neighboring Pakistan but also operating in Iran – has taken responsibility for the deadly attack. In a statement earlier in the day, the group urged civilians to flee the area. Last January, Tehran launched strikes on the Jaish al-Adl headquarters in southwestern Pakistan, after the jihadist group declared responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed nearly a dozen Iranian police officers the previous month.
