India arms Hindu village militias to combat Kashmir rebels
Video Credit: AFP English - Duration: 02:48s - Published
India arms Hindu village militias to combat Kashmir rebels
Brandishing a bolt-action rifle, civil servant Sanjeet Kumar is one of 5,000 Kashmir villagers who have joined all-Hindu militia units in India-administered Kashmir, armed and trained by Indian forces to fight off rebel attacks.
India has more than half a million soldiers permanently stationed in the parts of Muslim-majority Kashmir it controls, as the Hindu nationalist government presses a bid to crush a decades-long insurgency.
