Family and friends shattered and scarred by tourist massacre in Kashmir

How a meadow filled with tourists became the site of a massacre

A militant attack that killed 26 people in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir has brought ties between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan to their lowest point in years.

Family and friends shattered and scarred by tourist massacre in Kashmir

One victim had recently returned home after decades working abroad to enjoy a retirement filled with travel and family time; another hoped the trip into the beauty of Indian-administered Kashmir would cheer the spirits of his semi-paralyzed wife.

Family and friends shattered and scarred by tourist massacre in Kashmir - Egypt Independent

CNN  —  One victim had recently returned home after decades working abroad to enjoy a retirement filled with travel and family time; another hoped the trip into the beauty of Indian-administered Kashmir would cheer the spirits of his semi-paralyzed wife. Both men were among 26 tourists shot dead by militants this week in a massacre that has ripped open old wounds between India and its neighbor Pakistan, tipping them a step closer to military esc…

IEA's condemnation of Kashmir attack 'encouraging': Khalilzad

Former US special envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, said on Friday that the Islamic Emirate’s condemnation of the attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir was an “encouraging development”. “In an encouraging development, the Taliban (IEA) have sided with the tourist victims in Kashmir and have denounced this terror attack,” Khalilzad said on X. Twenty-six people were killed in a shooting in a tourist area in Pahalgam, Kashmir, on…

Grief, anger and a tourist exodus follow mass slaughter in Kashmir – Sky News: The Latest News from the World

On Monday, Girish Sharma, 47, and his wife Prema, 40, were relaxing in the serene meadows of Pahalgam, Kashmir, with their six-year-old son — enjoying a dream holiday in a bustling beauty spot close to the snow-capped Himalayas. But within a day of the family leaving Pahalgam, gunmen had opened fire and killed 26 people, […]