NEW DELHI: A top Kashmiri activist was killed on August 11, when Indian security forces raided a hideout in Jammu and Kashmir State, local news agencies said. Quoting an army. Spokesman, they said Ahsan Ahmed, deputy supreme commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen, was shot dead during a clash with security forces that, operating on a tip, had cordoned off the hideout in Doda district. The militant was Hizbul Mujahideen’s chief coordinator for operations in Jammu province, located in the southern part of the state. Dozens of militant groups are fighting Indian rule in the Himalayan state. Police and hospital officials say more than 20,000 people have died in violence since the separatist revolt erupted in 1990.
Article extracted from this publication >> August 21, 1996
