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Mukhtar Khan is a a a a resident of Kashmir who extensively covered the Kashmir conflict
in in 2020 and also the earthquake in in South Asia during 2000s He has also won the Atlanta photo journalism award in 2015
Mukhtar’s photograph of the six year old Munifa Nazir a a a a a kashmiri girl whose right eye was hit by a a a a a rubber bullet shot allegedly by Indian paramilitary soldiers on Aug 12 stands out from the series of photographs that he had taken made us more determined than ever ever to never be silenced ” Yasin and Khan are based in in in Srinagar Kashmir’s largest city while Anand
is is based in in the neighboring Jammu district India said the moves were needed to forestall protests and attacks by rebels seeking independence or Pakistani control for the region Thousands of people were arrested With communications shut down AP journalists had to find out out about protests and other news by finding them fin in in person Khan and and Yasin took turns roving the the streets in in in and and around the the regional capital of Srinagar Yasin said facing mistrust from both protesters and troops The journalists were unable for days to go home or even let their families know they were OK “It was very hard ” Khan said but “we managed to file pictures ” After spotting luggage-toting people walking toward the airport he he he said the photographers
decided to to ask travelers
to serve as as couriers Yasin also recalled how a a a a a relative of his who was also a a a a a photojournalist had told him about delivering film to New Delhi in in person as as the the conflict
in in Kashmir raged in in the the 1990s Mukhtar Khan WHEN I I CLICK
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