Srinagar, April 15: The Indian Army’s Srinagar-based Chinar Corps on Friday posted a video on its social media handles titled “Kashmir fights back”. The aim of the video is to portray that terrorism has affected all the citizens of Jammu and Kashmir, irrespective of their faith.

 

 

The video with a duration of 1 minute and 19 seconds, starts with a title named - "Kashmir Fights Back." In the background, there is a girl child crying and the caption says, "Decades of terrorism have left us with thousands of orphans, widows, wailing mothers and helpless fathers."

 

It further says, "They (terrorists) tried to divide our society. They tried to misguide our youth (In the background, there are Kashmiri youths who are involved in stone-pelting against the Armed Forces). They tried to turn our Peer Vaer into a battleground (With the photos of terrorist Masood Azhar and Pulwama Attack).

 

 

It then goes on to pay tribute to Kashmiris — both Hindus and Muslims — who were killed by militants, including journalist Shujaat Bukhari, social activist Arjumand Majeed, Kashmir Pandit pharmacist Makhan Lal Bindroo, sarpanch Ajay Pandita, school principal Supinder Kaur, BJP leader Wasim Bari, Lt Umer Fayaz, DySP Mohammad Ayub Pandita, and Police Inspector Pervez Ahmed Dar. "They tried to silence us. But Kashmir kept on fighting," reads the text.

 

The video showcasing of Army personnel helping or engaging with the civilian population. "Kashmir is not alone in this fight. With you in the past. For you in the future. Together we will win this fight. Awaam and jawan: hand in hand," says the text.

 

 

The video comes in the backdrop of the recent spurt in attacks by militants on Kashmiri Pandits and migrants in the Valley. In the last three weeks, there have been over half-a-dozen such attacks, leaving one migrant dead and seven others, including a Kashmiri Pandit, injured.

 

It ends with the phrases, "will not forgive, will not forget, will not be silenced, and will fight back. Jammu and Kashmir Together Against Terrorism." With the background there are poet Iqbal’s lines saying, "Kuch baat hai ki hasti mitati nahi hamaari, sadiyon raha hai dushman daur-e-jahaan hamara (There is something about us that we continue to exist despite the entire world being our enemy for centuries.)"