'I lost four sons': In Kashmir, women suffer brunt of conflict
Women's Day is a grim reminder of atrocities and hardships faced by the women of the region in decades-long conflict.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/women-kashmir-longing-loved-return-190304140502708.html
Date Written:  2019-03-06
Publisher:  Al Jazeera
Year Published:  2019
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX23559

Women in Kashmir suffer the loss of their sons, husbands, and fathers in ongoing conflict.

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Kashmir remains a pending dispute between two nuclear nations, India and Pakistan. Both countries have fought two wars over the region and more than 70,000 people have lost their lives in the past three decades.

Khurshi, the 85-year-old mother of Manzoor Ahmed, mostly remains silent inside her half-dark room. She is unaware of her son's death.

Ahmed was in the Indian army and was killed in the Sunjuwan attack in the Jammu region in early 2018.

"She keeps asking about him and doesn't know he is no more," said Ahmed's sister. "She keeps waiting for her son's phone call."

Arif Magribi Khan, a psychiatrist who also runs an NGO for patients with physiological problems in Srinagar, said they have "witnessed higher patient inflow after the 2016 unrest".

Subject Headings

• Kashmir