Kashmiris run for cover as a tear gas shell explodes near them during a protest in Srinagar Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin, File)
Kashmiri protesters throw bricks and rocks at an armored vehicle of Indian police during a protest in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)
Indian troops are on the move in Kashmir against guerrilla forces during the second war over Kashmir on Sept. 6, 1965. (AP Photo/File)
Kashmiris sit outside closed shops painted with graffiti during a curfew in central Srinagar, India, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)
An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard on a road during a curfew in Srinagar, India, Friday, Jan. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/ Mukhtar Khan,File)
Women shout slogans as Indian policemen fire teargas and live ammunition in the air to stop a protest march in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Aug. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)
Ashok Bhat, right, a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) talks to an elderly Kashmiri woman, while campaigning door-to-door ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Ashok Bhat, right, a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shakes hand with a voter while campaigning door-to-door ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024.(AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
An overview of Dal Lake in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Oct. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan,File)
A Kashmiri man fishes as the sun sets over the Dal Lake on a hot summer day on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, July 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan, File)
Indian paramilitary soldiers guard as a boy rides on his bicycle during the door-to-door election campaigning by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir,Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard on a flyover during lockdown in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin, File)
An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard as a Kashmiri shopkeeper waits for customers in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, July 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan, File)
National Conference (NC) President Farooq Abdullah, center, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti, second right, and other leaders sit during an all parties meeting on restoration of the special status that was stripped last year from Indian-administered Kashmir, in Srinagar, India. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan, File)
Election officials hold an election awareness campaign for first time voters ahead of the upcoming state elections in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir,Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
An elderly Kashmiri woman looks on as a paramilitary soldier guard during the door-to -door election campaigning by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir,Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)