Two Kashmir brothers: One killed by rebels, another by army 26 years later
Key takeaways
- Their killings encapsulate the tragedy unfolding in the region for decades, as the family grapples with unanswered questions and lack of closure.
- The rebels had come looking for Ishfaq, who, the family admitted, worked for the Indian army, which controls the region.
- “He tried to flee,” Naseema recalls, “but they shot him.”
Why this matters: an international story with cross-border implications worth tracking.
Their killings encapsulate the tragedy unfolding in the region for decades, as the family grapples with unanswered questions and lack of closure.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Ajaz Ahmad Mughal holds the identity card of his younger brother Rashid, killed last month by the Indian army [Al Jazeera]By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026Indian-administered Kashmir – Rashid Ahmad Mughal was barely six when armed rebels barged into their home in Chunt Waliwar village, in Ganderbal district of Indian-administered Kashmir, on a freezing January night in 2000.
At about midnight, nearly a dozen armed men broke the window by force and entered the Mughals’ home, where six people were asleep – 23-year-old Ishfaq, his 20-year-old sister Naseema, and younger brothers Ajaz, 8, and Rashid, 6, besides their two cousins.