A Kashmiri man ducks to cross an iron barricade with coils of razor wire near a military base at Braripora, near the de facto border dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan, in Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. Indian soldiers on Wednesday searched areas near the de facto border where two gunbattles with suspected rebels raged for half a day, the Indian army said. The clashes came three days after suspected rebels killed more than 15 Indian soldiers in an audacious attack on a crucial military base in Uri. The militants also were killed. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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Militants on Sunday shot dead a former village headman affiliated to opposition National Conference in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, police said.
“Gunmen shot dead Fayaz Ahmad Bhat at his home at Kandizal in Kakapora area of Pulwama district this afternoon,” a police official said.
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