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  • BADGAM, KASHMIR,INDIA, MARCH 10, 2004:Villagers mourn the death of five people who were killed along with 48 who were injured, when a grenade exploded in the hands of a man who was seeking to extort money from a family in Badgam district of Kashmir, March 10, 2004. Locals said the man was a former militant who was extorting money from villagers and thousands came out to mourn the deaths. Tens of thousands of people have died in Kashmir since the eruption of anti-Indian revolt in the region in 1989. Separatists put the toll at between 80,000 and 100,000. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Supporters of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president Omar Abdullah sing at a rally for him on Dal Lake in the capital Srinagar of Indian Kashmir Sept. 22, 2002. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • KASHMIR,INDIA, JULY 29: A Kashmiri boy studying in a madrassa sits on top of a crumbling Moghul mosque and watches his classmates play cricket on a quiet afternoon in Srinagar, the Indian-held summer capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, July 29, 2003. Since the 15th century, the Himalayan kingdom of Kashmir was known for its beauty and serenity. Everyone from Mughal emperors to British colonialists fell in love with its physical beauty. Since 1989, it has been a state under siege, with both India and Pakistan laying claim to it. Human rights organizations say more than 80,000 have died in the 13-year-old conflict. The Indian government says 40,000, but whatever the number, it has been mainly Kashmiri residents who have suffered as the two nuclear armed countries fight a proxy war. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • PAMPORE, KASHMIR - SEPT. 30: Kashmiri villagers harvest rice near Pampore, a town outside of Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir September 30, 2002. Many Kashmiris living in this region where the third stage of the vote is to take place say they need to work in the fields rather than vote since this is the time of harvesting. More than 500 people have been killed in election related violence since they were announced August 2. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • A Kashmiri child visits a Sufi shrine in Srinagar, the Indian held summer capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Sufiism is a gentle brand of Islam that is mystical and considered by some to be a blend of Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam. It has been gradually pushed aside my more fundamentalist forms of Islam orignating in Pakistan. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Kashmiri children load themselves up in a rickshaw on their way back from school in the city of Srinagar in Kashmir during Ramadan November 21. Kashmir has seen nearly 1000 civilians killed this year alone and 1,765 wounded in a brutal conflict that the United Nations calls the most dangerous place in the world. (Photo by Ami Vitale) By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • A Kashmiri woman prays inside Jamia Masjid mosque during afternoon prayers in Srinagar, the summer captial of the Indian held state of Jammu and Kashmir on May 24. Many Kashmiris are mourning the death of Abdul Ghani Lone, a leader of the All Parties Hurriyat (Freedom) Conference, Kashmir's main separatist alliance who was shot dead at a public meeting on Tuesday. (Ami Vitale) By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • KASHMIR,INDIA: A Kashmiri Muslim woman and her child visit a Shiite shrine in Srinagar, the Indian held summer capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir . A sign reads that ladies are not allowed to enter the shrine after 6:30 p.m. Islamic guerrillas have been fighting for independence of the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir since 1989, but for the first time in 13 years, Kashmiris living in Srinagar have enjoyed a fragile peace and boom in tourism. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • A Muslim Kashmiri woman sits inside a shop with her children where traditional Islamic veils are made in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian held Kashmir. The shadowy group, Lashkar-e-Jabbar, also known as Allah's Army sent a letter to a local newspaper saying that Muslim Kashmiri women must adhere to the dress code or face acid attacks beginning on April 1, 2002. The leader of the group also wrote, "if our members see any boy or girl or any illegal couple doing acts of immortality they will be killed there and then".The same group claimed responisiblity for two acid attacks on women in Srinagar last year. Kashmir has been the center of the ongoing dispute between India and Pakistan since the region was partioned when the British left in 1947. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Indian Border Security Force soldiers patrol the picturesque Dal Lake in Srinagar, the summer capital of the Indian held state of Kashmir. Once a tourist hotspot, the only visitors to this magnificent landscape these days are Indian soldiers. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • A boy sells toys on a bridge in central Srinigar in the Indian held state of Kashmir. Kashmir was once a tourist hot spot but since a militant movement began 12 years ago, the tourists have been replaced by soldiers. Despite the tension and constant threat of attacks most Kashmiri people manage to keep their dream of a peaceful future and a sense of humor. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Hundreds of villagers sit outside their homes after Indian soldiers search for a militant in Budgam district west of Srinagar, March 28, 2002. The militant hid in a mosque in a 20-hour siege. It was the fourth time in two months that separatists had sought refuge in a mosque in the Himalayan region. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Kashmiri youth scream "We want freedom" during a protest in the streets of Srinagar on September 24. Few people braved anti-poll violence in Kashmir's main city to vote in a state election after an early morning gun battle between Indian Border Security Forces and suspected Muslim militants. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • An Indian soldier listens to the radio inside his vehicle as the snow covered landscape is reflected in the window on a road in Kupwara, a village north of Srinigar, where two militants were shot after they sought refuge inside a mosque Saturday, February 9 in the Indian held state of Kashmir. India and Pakistan have already fought two wars in Kashmir and are the brink again as they amass their troops along the Line of Control. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • SRINGAR,KASHMIR--MAY 1: Kashmiri protesters fight with Indian security forces in the village of Sowtang in Budgam district, outside Srinagar, the Indian administered summer capital of Kashmir, May 1, 2003. Hundreds of Kashmiris were protesting the death of a 17- year-old student, Javed Ahmad Magray, who was allegedly taken from his home in the night by Indian security and killed in cold blood. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • A Kashmiri woman looks through a fence outside a graveyard to try and see an unidentified youth who was found killed in the streets of Srinagar, the summer capital of the Indian held state of Kashmir, April 3, 2002. Every Kashmiri citizen has been affected by this tragic conflict which has been going on for over a decade. Nearly a dozen militant groups are fighting New Delhi's rule. India accuses Pakistan of arming and training Islamic militants. Pakistan denies the charge and says it only offers moral and diplomatic support to Kashmiri separatists. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Dheeraj Kohli, who was killed while working as a police officer by an unknown militant in a grenade attack on is cremated March 31, in Jammu. At least 10 were killed and 18 injured after two militants went on a shooting spree and threw grenades in a temple and shopping district of the Indian state. Nearly a dozen militant groups are fighting New Delhi's rule in Jammu and Kashmir. India accuses Pakistan of arming and training Islamic militants. Pakistan denies the charge and says it only offers moral and diplomatic support to Kashmiri separatists. (Ami Vitale). By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Relatives of Naz Banu, who was killed during an attack on leading politician Sakina Yatoo, mourn over her body during her funeral in the northern Kashmir town of Mirhama. At least 11 people were killed and a second abortive bid was made to assassinate a leading woman politician Saturday, just days before a crucial second round of polls in the strife-torn northern Indian state of Jammu-Kashmir. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Kashmiri Muslims looks up at what is believed to be a relic of Prophet Mohammed's hair at the Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar, the summer capital of the Indian held state of Jammu and Kashmir May 25, 2002. Today was the birthday of the Prophet and thousands of Kashmiris descended on the shrine to pray. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Two and a half-year-old Shuma Bibi sits with her aunt in a make shift refugee camp after they fled their village of Laliyal which was on the International Border between Pakistan and India. Indian and Pakistani troops continue to exchange heavy mortar, artillery and machine-gun fire along the line that divides Kashmir between them and have a million troops amassed along the border. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Children who were forced to migrate from their home in Pargwal, India cool off as a truck sprays water on them near Ahknoor in the Indian held state of Jammu and Kashmir. Indian and Pakistani troops continue to exchange heavy mortar, artillery and machine-gun fire along the line that divides Kashmir between them. India is pressing Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to crack down on the flow of Muslim militants from Pakistan into Kashmir. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Ratno Devi and her two sons who were forced to migrate from their home in Pargwal, India prepare tents near Ahknoor in the Indian held state of Jammu and Kashmir, May 29, 2002. Indian and Pakistani troops continue to exchange heavy mortar, artillery and machine-gun fire along the line that divides Kashmir between them. India is pressing Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to crack down on the flow of Muslim militants from Pakistan into Kashmir. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • An Indian baby displaced by the fighting along the Line of Control between Pakistan and India sleeps inside a police station in Samba in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, May 21, 2002. Fears of another war between India and Pakistan grow as a moderate Kashmiri leader, Abdul Gane Lone was shot by unidendified gunmen in Srinagar, India. Lone was one of the leaders of the All Party Hurriyat Conference, a group of political and religious parties that advocate Muslim-majority Kashmir's separation from predominantly Hindu India. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • KASHMIR,INDIA, AUGUST 3:Enveloped by the rugged and picturesque Himalayan mountains, a Hindu woman and her child are carried by palanquin bearers (chairs carried on poles by two or four people) as they make their pilgrimage to the holy cave of Amarnath, one of the most revered of Hindu shrines, near Baltal, about 70 miles northeast of Srinagar, August 3, 2003. 21,000 paramilitary soldiers and policemen have been deployed along the mountain route to protect the pilgrims from Islamic guerrillas, who have been fighting for independence of the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir since 1989. By photographer Ami Vitale
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