Frightened Kashmir residents living on cusp of India-Pakistan war: The Independent’s exclusive report

The Independent

Scared Kashmir residents living on cusp of India-Pakistan war: The Independent's exclusive reportSource: The Independent

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00:00We are watching this past 30 years.

00:02After 30 years, we are working on a good business here.

00:06But our bad-casmity is also.

00:10Everything is broken.

00:12If the war is a war,

00:14the petrol,

00:16the sub-gillage,

00:18the car,

00:20the construction,

00:22the construction.

00:24We want to be peaceful.

00:26We don't want to be peaceful.

00:28We don't want to be peaceful.

00:35Anxiety continues to rise here in Kashmir.

00:38As growing concerns of potential escalation between India and Pakistan,

00:42people here are worried not only about the possibility of cross-border conflict,

00:47but also about the disruption to daily life,

00:50communication blackouts,

00:52and access to essential supplies.

00:58There is a lot of good and bad things.

01:00A lot of bad things are here in Kashmir.

01:02Over that night,

01:04theknights of an agreement

01:06are a lot of bad things

01:08and a lot of bad things are that we are working.

01:10There are a lot of bad things for us.

01:12Now, the problem is that we have gotten to the war.

01:14So, where we are getting drunk and trouble,

01:16we will get drunk.

01:18They'll know about what's going on,

01:20if the war is going to come in.

01:24Petrol,

01:33and the people who are going to come in.

01:38It's wrong with the war.

01:42It's wrong with the effects of the people.

01:48We also know you and we also know you.

01:50Those who are big politicians, they will be in their homes.

01:53They will have a public or a common person.

01:57They will have a lot of people who were in the border area.

02:01Who will die there?

02:03The public will die.

02:04There is no benefit from the war.

02:06Then we want to be peaceful.

02:09We don't want to be peaceful.

02:11We want to be peaceful.

02:13We want to be peaceful.

02:18We are watching this last 30 years.

02:22After 30 years, we are doing a good business here.

02:26But we also have to be peaceful.

02:32We have stolen loans from the bank.

02:35Everyone has stolen loans.

02:37Now we don't have a loan.

02:40That is the moment of the country.

02:43Despite mounting fear,

02:46people here are still holding on to hope.

02:49Hoping that leaders on both sides

02:51will diffuse the situation

02:54so that life can return to normal.

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