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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mukhtar Khan

War in Mideast spurs Muslims in Indian-controlled Kashmir to collect donations for Iran

India Kashmir Iran Donations Photo gallery - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

More than a thousand kilometers from the Iran war, Muslim residents in Indian-controlled Kashmir are collecting donations for Iranians: gold, cash, even utensils and livestock.

Community leaders and elders have set up stalls in this part of the disputed Himalayan region, which is overwhelmingly Muslim and split between India and Pakistan but coveted in its entirety by both. Young volunteers go door-to-door to collect contributions.

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