Kashmiris Join Army

It was a quiet humane operation of approaching "Maa" (mother) launched by Kashmir-based XV Army Corps that saw around 50 Kashmiri youths return to normal life this year, after abandoning the terror groups they had joined.

Amid worries about the trend of young men turning to terror in Kashmir, Army Chief Bipin Rawat has sent out a strong message - "You can't fight the army, azaadi (freedom) will never happen."

A passing out parade was held today in Srinagar by new army recruits from Jammu and Kashmir who became part of the JAK LI or Jammu And Kashmir Light Infantry regiment. Graduating after rigorous military training, Young Kashmiri soldiers said the Valley's youth must shun the path of stone-throwing and join army to live a life of dignity and play the...

A day after Major Leetul Gogoi was honoured by the Army, a protester - Farooq Ahmad Dar- whom the officer had tied to the bonnet of a jeep to save his men and election officials while moving through a violence-hit area in Srinagar last month, said he had gone to the area to cast his ballot, not to join the protests. Major Gogoi, however, said, "It ...

For the last one week, hundreds of young men have lined up outside military camps in north Kashmir. Unlike familiar scenes of confrontation between security forces and crowds, these young men have come to join the Army.

A week after Kashmiri soldier Lance Naik Ghulam Mohiuddin Rather who was killed in the ambush of an army convoy in south Kashmir's Shopian, young cadets from Jammu and Kashmir took oath to serve the nation at the army's passing-out parade in Srinagar.

It was a quiet humane operation of approaching "Maa" (mother) launched by Kashmir-based XV Army Corps that saw around 50 Kashmiri youths return to normal life this year, after abandoning the terror groups they had joined.

Amid worries about the trend of young men turning to terror in Kashmir, Army Chief Bipin Rawat has sent out a strong message - "You can't fight the army, azaadi (freedom) will never happen."

A passing out parade was held today in Srinagar by new army recruits from Jammu and Kashmir who became part of the JAK LI or Jammu And Kashmir Light Infantry regiment. Graduating after rigorous military training, Young Kashmiri soldiers said the Valley's youth must shun the path of stone-throwing and join army to live a life of dignity and play the...

A day after Major Leetul Gogoi was honoured by the Army, a protester - Farooq Ahmad Dar- whom the officer had tied to the bonnet of a jeep to save his men and election officials while moving through a violence-hit area in Srinagar last month, said he had gone to the area to cast his ballot, not to join the protests. Major Gogoi, however, said, "It ...

For the last one week, hundreds of young men have lined up outside military camps in north Kashmir. Unlike familiar scenes of confrontation between security forces and crowds, these young men have come to join the Army.

A week after Kashmiri soldier Lance Naik Ghulam Mohiuddin Rather who was killed in the ambush of an army convoy in south Kashmir's Shopian, young cadets from Jammu and Kashmir took oath to serve the nation at the army's passing-out parade in Srinagar.