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Anti-India rallies in Pakistan-administered Kashmir over disputed status

In Srinagar in India-administered Kashmir, protesters demand the Indian government restore the statehood of the disputed region [Tauseef Mustafa/AFP]

Hundreds of people have marched in Pakistan-administered Kashmir to mark the sixth anniversary of India’s revocation of the disputed region’s semiautonomous status after confrontations between the two nations in May raised fears of a potential nuclear conflict.

The protesters on Tuesday demanded the restoration of statehood for the India-administered side of the Himalayan region, which has been split between the two nations and claimed by both in its entirety.

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