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Burhan Wani (19 September 1994 – 8 July 2016) was the leader of Hizbul Mujahideen, an Islamist militant organization and terrorist group of the Kashmir conflict.
Jul 8, 2017 · This 8th July marks the first death anniversary of Burhan Wani, the poster boy of Hizbul Mujahideen. Before the Jammu and Kashmir plummeted into a state of chaos lasting 7 months, with the state government having to face the wrath of people who came in support of the chocolate-faced militant.
Jul 25, 2016 · Late on the morning of July 8, the day Burhan Wani was to die, personnel at the Srinagar unit of J&K’s Special Operations Group (SOG) listened in as Farooq Wani made an innocuous call: he had unexpected guests for Eid.
Jul 11, 2016 · Militant leader Burhan Wani's death in a gun battle with government forces in Indian-administered Kashmir has sparked days of deadly violence. Who was he and why was he so popular, asks local...
Jul 5, 2016 · It is a narrative of heroism constructed around the new militancy that is said to have taken root in four districts of South Kashmir: Pulwama, Anantnag, Kulgam and Shopian. Local...
Jul 8, 2016 · Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani (22), the architect of the social-media driven psychological warfare in Kashmir, was killed along with two other militants in an encounter in Anantnag...
Jul 8, 2018 · It has been two years since the killing of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani, the most well known face of Kashmir's militancy. Just before his death anniversary, Newsclick team spoke to his father...
Jul 9, 2016 · Burhan Muzaffar Wani, aged 21, was killed in an encounter in Kokernag in South Kashmir on Friday. The Hizbul Mujahideen commander had left his home in Tral at the age of 15. Few expected him to...
Security forces killed Burhan Wani, a top commander in the militant group, in an encounter on Friday. His death has disturbed the fragile peace in Kashmir as people protested the killing and...
Top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, the 21-year-old poster boy of militancy in the Valley with a Rs 10-lakh bounty, was killed in an encounter with security forces in south Kashmir’s...
