In the face of terror, Kashmir chose peace

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On the day of the Pahalgam attack, locals didn’t ask who the tourists were. They asked: Are you safe? Hotels opened for free. Taxi drivers drove without charging a rupee.

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00:00I am Kashmir's daughter. We are here in the streets. We are saying that we are not

00:04looking for this. So, you reach out to these reports that we don't have the image in Kashmir.

00:09Across districts, Baramulla, Shopee and Anantanag, voices are rising. Drivers, traders, teachers,

00:15all are saying the same thing. Let this end. We want jobs, not funerals.

00:20A day after the Pahalgaam terror attack, black front pages in newspapers like Greater

00:24Kashmir, Rising Kashmir, Kashmir Uzma spoke louder than words.

00:28Every Kashmiri, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh spoke the same language of peace.

00:39Nizakat Ahmed Shah hid 11 tourists and escorted them to safety. Hotels opened their doors free

00:45of charge. Taxi drivers drove tourists to safety, no questions asked, no money taken. No one asked,

00:51Hindu, Muslim, foreigner, local. They just asked, are you safe?

00:55They all became the face of Kashmiriyat, that centuries-old spirit of co-existence and compassion.

01:00A center for the study of developing society's studies said, over 82% of Kashmiri youth prioritized

01:03peace and employment opportunities.

01:05opportunities over any cause of conflict. This suggests the

01:19shift in priorities among young people in the region, with a strong desire for stability and economic

01:25advancement.

01:26Humanity came first. Local residents and traders helped protest demanding justice for the victims of the massacre.

01:33Multiple political parties, religious groups and trade bodies had called for a day-long

01:45bandh or shutdown in the Kashmir valley in protest.

01:48The attack, intended to sow division, united Kashmiris across religious and ethnic lines.

01:58The attack, intended to sow division, united Kashmiris across religious and ethnic lines.

02:15The attack was meant to break Kashmir. Instead, it reminded the world there's more to this region than conflict.

02:27the attack was meant to be the first time the attack was meant to be 있죠.

02:41The attack was soimate but not too close to the ground.

02:44The attack was soimate and the attack was at a time-to-day event.

02:46It made the attack was a fight-to-day event, but it did not damage to them in the programmable

02:48the attack. As you could see from this event, it was a part of these events.

02:50Now, if you're not talking about the attack, it's not happening.

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