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Sharing the grief:
Villagers watch the
funeral procession of
Amina Akhter, who
was killed when a
shell hit her at
Chhajla Patri.

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Tearful adieu:
Mourners at the
funeral
procession.

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Destroyed lives:
The damaged
house where
Rubina Kouser
and her two
children were
killed in the
shelling.

When fear is pervasive: Children eat outside a temporary camp after shelling at Chhajla Patri near the Line of Control in the Mankote sector of Poonch on March 1.

Living on Text and images by Nissar Ahmed all the refugees. lage, a shell destroyed a house, killing Rubina
Akhter and her three­year­old son and nine­
They say a Pakistani fighter plane entered
the Indian airspace on Wednesday morning.
he mausoleum of Peer Hyder Ali, atop a
mad Yunis, was rushed to a hospital in Jam­
hill near the Line of Control in the Mend­ “It was seen for a few minutes and flew back. month­old daughter. Her husband, Moham­
Thar area of Poonch district in Kashmir, is But we didn’t see it dropping anything like a mu, where his leg was amputated.
the edge fleeing shelling from across the border. shop in the village. hammad Hussain, a resident of one of the vil­
bomb,” says Vikas Bhasin, who runs a grocery
now a shelter to families from Patria village
Another two houses were damaged. Mo­
After the planes went back, the police came
The mausoleum is as exposed to fire as their
lages, says he has not seen such heavy shelling
houses are, with no bunkers to hide in, but the
After the Pakistani intrusion, the shelling
frightened villagers believe they are safe in the and “told us to down the shutters”, he says. even during the Kargil conflict.
“Pakistan has been shelling indiscriminate­
shrine. has turned life hell for the people. ly, caring little even for the lives of civilians.
With the latest India­Pakistan stand­off, In all these years when cross­border firing Amina, a young girl at Chhajjla, fell victim to We have no hope. Tell us what we should do,
villages along the Line of Control have and shelling flare up ever so often, the build­ a shell in a field near her home on Thursday where we should go,” he says. The govern­
turned a danger zone again, with intense ing has never been hit, grounding the people’s evening. ment should provide food to the refugees and
Barely nine hours after her funeral, tragedy
build bunkers. Two bunkers are under con­
belief. Community kitchens have come up in
shelling claiming several lives the compound, with some women cooking for struck again on Friday afternoon. At Salori vil­ struction in his village.
Lives torn apart:
Villagers offer
funeral prayers for
the victims of
shelling.

Daily war: The fin of an exploded shell that local people say was fired by Pakistani troops in the Jhullas area of Caught in the crossfire: Villagers move back from safer places Safe camps: Women cook food for all those who have taken shelter in
Poonch district, near the Line of Control. A shell exploded in a house killing Rubina Kouser, 26, and her children after shelling at Chhajla Patri. the mausoleum of Peer Hyder Ali, atop a hill in the Mendhar area of
Mohammed Shabnam , 4, and Shazia Kousar, 3. Her husband Mohammed Younis , 32, was critically injured. Poonch district.
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