In Line of Fire: Why Kashmiri Youth Troop to Encounter Sites to Shield Militants
A disturbing trend of civilians trooping to encounter sites to shield militants has intensified in 2018, a bloody year with 267 militant deaths in 143 encounters.
Updated:January 5, 2019, 10:08 AM IST
Grave of Zahoor Ahmad Thoker, an army man turned militant, who was killed in an encounter in December, 2018. (Photo: Aakash Hassan)