Umar Sofi

Story of Lateef Tiger: Lone militant of “Burhan Group” who survived for long

By Umar Sofi on May 3, 2019 FEATURES, TOP STORIES

Awantipora: It all started on that cold evening in October of 2010. That’s when Burhan Wani left his home at Shareefabad in South Kashmir, only to return draped in garlands after six years, and with an enormously proud but equally sad and wailing crowd following his coffin. The crowd was in a tizzy, not […]

Long read: Inside the mind of new age Kashmiri militants

By Umar Sofi on June 10, 2018 FEATURES, MUST READ, TOP STORIES

In the year 2015, a picture featuring dozen militants including Hizb commander Burhan Wani, wearing army fatigues and carrying AK-47, went viral on social media. It announced the start of what is now known as the New Age militancy in Kashmir. Later eleven of them were killed in various encounters over the past few […]