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Abandoned in Kashmir Village, Child of Lashkar’s New Military Boss Watches as New Phase of War Brews
A bullet hole is seen in the windscreen of a truck which was used by suspected militants at the site of a gun battle at J&K’s Nagrota. (Reuters/File/Representative)
Umar Raja Afaq Rather had been abandoned by his parents, who fled across the Line of Control to Pakistan. Nine years later, in July 2016, Umar crossed the India-Pakistan border at Wagah, armed with the papers needed to reunite with his biological parents.