In pictures: Fear in occupied Kashmir

India locks down occupied Kashmir, revokes article 370


AFP / Reuters August 06, 2019
Srinagar, Kashmir

SRINAGAR, KASHMIR: Indian-occupied Kashmir after India stripped a special autonomy status from its part of the divided region:

A security personnel stands guard as a man sits in front of a closed shop in Jammu on August 6, 2019. (Photo: Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP) A security personnel stands guard as a man sits in front of a closed shop in Jammu on August 6, 2019. (Photo: Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP)

Security personnel stand guard on a street in Jammu on August 6, 2019. (Photo: Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP) Security personnel stand guard on a street in Jammu on August 6, 2019. (Photo: Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP)

A security personnel stands guard on a street in Jammu on August 6, 2019. (Photo: Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP) A security personnel stands guard on a street in Jammu on August 6, 2019. (Photo: Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP)

A deserted street is pictured in Jammu on August 6, 2019. (Photo: Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP) A deserted street is pictured in Jammu on August 6, 2019. (Photo: Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP)

Security personnel patrol along a street in Jammu on August 6, 2019. (Photo: Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP) Security personnel patrol along a street in Jammu on August 6, 2019. (Photo: Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP)

Security personnel patrol along a street in Jammu on August 6, 2019. (Photo: Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP) Security personnel patrol along a street in Jammu on August 6, 2019. (Photo: Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP)

A man reads a newspaper standing in front of closed shops in Jammu on August 6, 2019. (Photo: Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP) A man reads a newspaper standing in front of closed shops in Jammu on August 6, 2019. (Photo: Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP)

A policeman stands guard on a street as people walk paste in Jammu on August 6, 2019. (Photo: Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP) A policeman stands guard on a street as people walk paste in Jammu on August 6, 2019. (Photo: Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP)

An Indian Kashmiri refugee Khadija Bibi shows a picture of her late father on her mobile phone as she speaks during an interview with AFP in the Manak Paiyan refugee camp near Muzaffarabad, Kashmir. (Photo: SAJJAD QAYYUM / AFP) An Indian Kashmiri refugee Khadija Bibi shows a picture of her late father on her mobile phone as she speaks during an interview with AFP in the Manak Paiyan refugee camp near Muzaffarabad, Kashmir. (Photo: SAJJAD QAYYUM / AFP)

View of a deserted road during restrictions in Srinagar. (Photo: REUTERS/Devjyot Ghoshal) View of a deserted road during restrictions in Srinagar. (Photo: REUTERS/Devjyot Ghoshal)

Barbed wire is seen laid on a deserted road during restrictions in Srinagar. (Photo: REUTERS/Danish Ismail) Barbed wire is seen laid on a deserted road during restrictions in Srinagar. (Photo: REUTERS/Danish Ismail)

Members of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) stop a man at a check point along a road during restrictions in Jammu August 6, 2019. (Photo: REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta) Members of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) stop a man at a check point along a road during restrictions in Jammu August 6, 2019. (Photo: REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta)

A deserted intersection is pictured in Jammu on August 6, 2019. (Photo: Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP) A deserted intersection is pictured in Jammu on August 6, 2019. (Photo: Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP)

Security personnel stand guard on a street in Jammu on August 6, 2019. (Photo: Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP) Security personnel stand guard on a street in Jammu on August 6, 2019. (Photo: Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP)

View of a deserted road during restrictions in Srinagar. (Photo: REUTERS/Stringer) View of a deserted road during restrictions in Srinagar. (Photo: REUTERS/Stringer)

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