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SRINAGAR, India --- Tens of thousands of government forces in riot gear patrol Indian-controlled Kashmir. Streets lined with shuttered shops are deserted, steel barricades and razor wire cutting off neighborhoods. An eerie silence is bNo phone calls, no groceries: Kashmir on edge under lockdown
SRINAGAR, India --- Tens of thousands of government forces in riot gear patrol Indian-controlled Kashmir. Streets lined with shuttered shops are deserted, steel barricades and razor wire cutting off neighborhoods. An eerie silence is broken by an occasional security vehicle whizzing past or the cawing of crows. An unprecedented security lockdown amid a near-total communications blackout entered a fourth day Thursday, forcing some news organizations to hand-carry dispatches out of the region. The lives of millions in India's only Muslim-majority region have been upended since the latest --- and most serious --- crackdown while New Delhi mo...Keep on reading: No phone calls, no groceries: Kashmir on edge under lockdown Read more