According to official figures, close to 38,000 people have died in terrorism-related violence in Jammu and Kashmir. Unofficial estimates peg the casualties at close to 70,000 deaths.

Indian Army soldiers patrol the Line of Control in the Keran sector of Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on August 18, 2002. A day earlier, troops killed seven militants attempting to infiltrate from Pakistan.

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