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Elections in Kashmir: voting under the gun barrel

The parliamentary elections in India go into the second Phase. Today voted, among other things, in Kashmir. Many residents of the conflict in the province have

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Elections in Kashmir: voting under the gun barrel

The parliamentary elections in India go into the second Phase. Today voted, among other things, in Kashmir. Many residents of the conflict in the province have lost confidence in the democracy, but a long time ago.

By Silke Diettrich, ARD-Studio Neu-Delhi, currently Srinagar

landing in Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir. Suitable to the music from the speakers the view from the plane window: the snow-capped mountains, white flowers on the apricot trees, pine forests - it's a wonderful world!

The hard Touchdown of the airplane, however, the picture: barracks breaks at the military airfield, tanks, and barbed wire. In Kashmir there is no war, but on ten inhabitants a soldier. It is the most militarized Peace to the world. For decades, the people in Kashmir want their independence. India and Pakistan, but do not want to give up the Region, already three wars have resulted because of it.

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