SRINAGAR: After days of unrest, Kashmir Valley was Saturday relatively calm with authorities relaxing curfew in parts of the city for the first time in the past one week to allow people to buy essential items.
One person, Rameez Reshi, who was injured in police firing last evening, succumbed to his wounds this morning raising the number of people killed in the present unrest in the Valley to 33.
"The situation is normal. There has been no stone pelting incident or violation of curfew as of now….We are monitoring the situation and will take any decision as and when required," Inspector General Police (Kashmir range) Farooq Ahmed said.
The authorities relaxed curfew in civil line areas of Srinagar for two hours.
Curfew was imposed in entire Valley on July 31 in the wake of violent protests in which 33 persons have been killed and several others, including security men, injured. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6270236.cms?prtpage=1
2. Kashmiri group declared terrorist by US and UN
WASHINGTON, Aug 6: The United States and the United Nations on Friday designated Harakat-ul Jihad al-Islami as a “Foreign Terrorist Organisation” and targeted its commander for supporting acts of terrorism, the US Treasury Department said.
Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri, who the United States labelled a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist”, will have any of his assets frozen in US jurisdiction, and the move will also “prohibit US persons from engaging in any transactions with him”.
The United Nations, according to the Treasury Department, has taken similar action against HUJI and Ilyas Kashmiri.
As the militant group’s leader, US officials said 46-year-old Kashmiri “provides support to Al Qaeda operations, including logistical support for Al-Qaeda’s terrorist attacks”, the Treasury Department said in detailing deadly assaults on Pakistani government personnel and facilities.
“In acting together, the United States and United Nations are today taking another important step in combating the threat that Al Qaeda and its affiliated organisations pose to innocent people around the world,” said Stuart Levey, the US under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.
HUJI’s area of operation, said the Treasury Department, extends “throughout South Asia”, but the area for its terrorist activity remains mainly in India and Pakistan.
Among the attacks listed by the Treasury was a March 2006 suicide bombing on the US consulate in Karachi that killed four people, and injured 48 others. www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/national/kashmiri-group-declared-terrorist-by-us-and-un-780
