18 Killed in Separatist Violence in Kashmir
Eighteen people were killed in separatist violence in India’s Jammu and Kashmir state as the man who is to head the state’s new government pledged to try to bring “peace with dignity” to the region.
Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, named to lead the coalition of his Kashmir-based People’s Democratic Party and India’s main opposition Congress party, favors talks with separatists and militants battling Indian rule in the divided Himalayan territory.
Sayeed’s pledge came as authorities said 18 people had died in violence across the region since Monday, including three paramilitary police slain in a rebel attack on a patrol in the city of Srinagar.
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