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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comment-articles/a-childs-rattle-rules-of-rivalry-and-recipe-for-unity</loc>
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<image:caption>PAGD leaders at a press conference in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.</image:caption>
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<news:title>A Child’s Rattle, Rules of Rivalry and Recipe for Unity!</news:title>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comment-articles/understanding-pakistan-administered-kashmirs-legal-identity</loc>
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<image:caption>Heightened view of Muzaffarabad city, capital of Pakistan administered Jammu &amp; Kashmir, on both river banks after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-03T10:30:08.377Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Understanding Pakistan-Administered Kashmir's Legal Identity</news:title>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comment-articles/dostoyevskys-brothers-karamazov-bind-19thcentury-russia-and-contemporary-kashmir</loc>
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<image:caption>Chinar trees during autumn in Dal Lake, Srinagar, Kashmir.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-03T00:25:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>'Brothers Karamazov: Dostoyevsky takes a stroll in downtown Kashmir'</news:title>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/news/gilgit-baltistan-votes-amid-constitutional-limbo-political-uncertainty</loc>
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<image:caption>View of Gilgit City from Serena Gilgit Hotel. Gilgit Baltistan Pakistan.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Chief Ministers timeline in Gilgit-Baltistan from 2009.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A map of the disputed Kashmir region with two Pakistan-administered areas shaded in sage-green. The disputed Kashmir region, showing the sub-regions administered by India, Pakistan, and China</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Political map at a glance of Gilgit-Baltistan and areas of influence of different political parties.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-02T18:00:14.576Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Gilgit-Baltistan votes amid constitutional limbo, political uncertainty</news:title>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comment-articles/preventing-a-new-insurgency-in-jammu-kashmir</loc>
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<image:caption>A street barricade fit with barbed wire blocks two-way flow of traffic. It reads, “Smile you are safe with CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) &amp; CRPF - The Downtown Peacekeepers.” CRPF is an Indian federal armed police force. It operates extensively in Kashmir under the mandate of internal security and leading counter-insurgency efforts in the region.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-02T11:05:53.185Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Preventing a New Insurgency in Jammu &amp; Kashmir</news:title>
<news:keywords>Insurgency, Jammu &amp; Kashmir, Kashmir, Militancy, Society, CRPF, Kashmiris, Economy, India, Pakistan, Operation Sindoor, Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos, Operation Gibraltar, Pahalgam Attack, Balochistan, Galwan Valley, Militarisation, Diplomacy, J&amp;K Statehood, Politics</news:keywords>
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