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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/news/protests-negotiations-and-elections-push-pajk-into-deepest-political-crisis-part-i</loc>
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<image:caption>A picture of persons, who were described as 'Baloch Martyrs', who were alleged to have been killed in para-military forces firing in Baloch area of Pakistan administered Jammu and Kashmir on the intervening night of July 14 and 15, 2026.</image:caption>
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<news:title>The Crisis Unfolds-I
Protests, Negotiations and Elections Push: PaJK Into Deepest Political Crisis</news:title>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/news/news-analysis/behind-bars-and-outside-a-resilience-measured-in-wasted-years</loc>
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<image:caption>Kashmiris account for 42 percent of cases registered under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in India.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-07-17T00:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Behind Bars and Outside, a Resilience Measured in Wasted Years</news:title>
<news:keywords>Kashmiris , Jammu &amp; Kashmir, UAPA cases, PSA, Public Safety Act, Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, Detentions, Human Rights, Dissent, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience, Supreme Court India, Injustice, Bhima Koregaon, Lok Sabha, MPs, Ministry of Home Affairs, NCRB Data, Over Ground Workers, Awami Ittehad Party, NIA, Sheikh Rashid</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/news/rights-group-confirms-34-killed-in-pajk-since-crackdown-still-probing-16-more</loc>
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<image:caption>People staging sit-ins at Rawalakot on Wednesday, 15 July 2026.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-07-16T14:13:27.991Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Rights Group Confirms 34 Killed in PaJK Since Crackdown, still probing 16 more</news:title>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/news/from-ban-to-centre-stage-türkiyes-headscarf-moment-at-nato</loc>
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<image:caption>With a headscarf Fatima Gülham Abushanab, Erdoğan's trusted interpreter, translating conversations with leaders including US President Donald Trump. Her own family story mirrors Türkiye's changing relationship with the headscarf.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Türkiye's First Lady Emine Erdoğan hosting a dinner of spouses of heads of states and government at the historic Çankaya Presidential Mansion.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Türkiye's First Lady Emine Erdoğan chairing the spouses' programme at the historic Çankaya Presidential Mansion, where discussions focused on "Children, Technology and Security.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Türkiye's First Lady Emine Erdoğan posing for a photograph after the official reception with spouses' of heads of states and government at the historic Çankaya Presidential Mansion.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-07-16T10:58:12.454Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>From Ban to Centre Stage: Türkiye's Headscarf Moment at NATO</news:title>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comment-articles/kashmir-diary-2-worlds-future-in-this-room</loc>
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<image:caption>School children in a classroom in a village in Bandipora, Kashmir.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>School children in a classroom in a village in Bandipora, Kashmir.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>School children in a classroom in a village in Bandipora, Kashmir.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>School children dreaming big to become sports players in a village school in Bandipora Kashmir.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>School children holding a chess board and showing interest in the game in a village school in Bandipora, Kashmir.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A poster of bollywood movie 'Pakeezah'.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>School children in an open-air painting workshop for the ecological preservation of the Wullar Lake organised by the Wullar Bachav Front, in a village in Bandipora, Kashmir.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The future of the world is in this room, a sentence written on the wall of the school in a village in Bandipora, Kashmir.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-07-15T11:46:31.246Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Kashmir Diary 2: World’s Future in this Room</news:title>
<news:keywords>Education, Remote Villages, Primary School, Jammu &amp; Kashmir, Kashmir, Bandipora, Makhdum Yaari, Unequal Education, Aspirations, Sports, Wullar Lake, Kashmir Diary, English</news:keywords>
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