Tough security for Kashmir’s first vote since end of autonomy ...United Arab Emirates

Srinagar: Voters in Indian Kashmir went to the polls Saturday amid a heavy security presence in the first direct elections in the region since the government stripped its semi-autonomy last year. Under high alert for attacks by separatist militants, dozens of police and paramilitaries carrying machine guns surrounded each voting station while the army kept up street patrols. Observers said only small numbers braved the security, coronavirus fears and snow-covered terrain to elect members of their local councils. Voting is to be held over eight days up to December 19 with the count to start three days later. At a polling booth in the Kashmir valley, Faizi, 70, told AFP she had voted “to faci

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