About 61.5% of 4,056 graves in Kashmir are of unidentified foreign militants, says study
On 4 September 2025 Thursday, Save Youth Save Future Foundation issued a research report on a under -3 -year study of the 4,056 tombs in the 373 grave area, which is based on a survey of 4,056 tombs. An important finding was that unidentified foreign militants, all documented tombs were the largest category that made up 2,493 graves or approximately 61.5%.
Unidentified foreign militants infiltrated the occupied Kashmir, Pakistan and Pakistan, and were killed during the rebellion against operations. Many of them did not carry any identity certificate to hide and protect their networks and to protect the reasonable denial of Pakistan’s participation in the Kashmir militant ”.
The study includes about 4,056 graves in five categories. In addition to ilen unidentified foreign militants ,, 1.208, 29.8% of the total of documented tombs, full names representing the second largest category and family ties are documented local militants. First of all, there are 276 graves in the Baramulla region, which were intensified by 6.8%; While nine civilians; Tribal invaders, 70 of which extend to 1947.
Former Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Wajahat Habibullah, on this occasion, the head guest, the study represented a praise to clarify a complex and emotionally accused problem. “Emphasizes the importance of truth in healing wounds and encouraging a peaceful future,” he said.
Four border zones
The study, which led by the academics and volunteers of the Foundation, examined and documented the “about 4,500 uninhabited and defined graves in Baramulla, Kupwara, Bandiora and Ganderbal in Kashmir’s four border regions. Kes The report, which includes six -year -old intensive field research, offers empirical evidence to open up its origins and the participation of both foreign and local militants, bir
Foundation President Wajahat Farooq Bhat said that the research was a step towards reality and transparency. “These tombs have long been wrapped in mystery and assumption. We want to encourage a conscious dialogue that helps to achieve peace and social stability in the Kashmir Valley through empirical evidence and comprehensive analysis,” he said.
Anika Nazir, chief researcher, made an in -depth presentation about the difficulties encountered during the study and the future consequences, the report was capsuted for human narratives, closed for families and struggled with an important problem with both sensitivity and sensitivity.
Rishi Suri, Senior Editor Daily milapHe said: “The study will have a long way to restore the dignity of families and communities held hostage to a false narrative for all these years and will draw a brighter way for Kashmir.”
Contentious issue
Stating that the issue of unmarked and undefined graves in Kashmir remained one of the most emotional and politically controversial problems in the region for the last thirty years, the Foundation said that the study was designed with the primary target of conducting a methodological, empirically based and ethical responsible investigation.
The study aimed to create a real basis for understanding how these tombs emerged and what they really represent in the wider context of Kashmir’s long conflict. 373 Physical examination and documentation of the cemetery, GPS coordinates and photographic documents, detailed registration of grave properties and markers; and evaluation of each grave for identification markers and categorization possibilities.
Researchers, local clergymen and members of the AUQAF Mosque committees, tombers with decimal years, local militant families and disappeared people, long -term residents with knowledge of local grave applications, and various stakeholders, including the old militants who were delivered or released.
“Documentation has revealed nine verified civil tombs in all four districts. It represents 0.2% of the total tombs examined. This finding directly contradicts the claims of the widespread civilian mass tombs and shows that the mass anonymous graves are the claims of systematically unjust murders.”
“One of the most important contributions of the study lies in the systematic challenge towards the dominant international narrative surrounding the unprocessed graves in Kashmir. For more than twenty years, these burial areas, some advocacy groups, international human rights organizations and media organizations have been shown as proof of such a systematic state-based against such characters.
Using modern DNA test techniques, the study proposes a comprehensive judicial research of 276 unrecognized graves in Baramulla. “For the international community, the findings of the study show that there is a need for more subtle and evidence -based approaches to understand and address the human challenges of Kashmir.”
Published – 04 September 2025 09:24 IST
