A Pashtun tribesman on his way to fight in Kashmir, 1947. Photo taken in Peshawar by Margaret Bourke-White.
The photographer reports an encounter with a band of Pashtun tribesmen on the road between Rawalpindi and Baramula. "Are you going into Kashmir?" she asked them.
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"Why not?" they said. "We are all Muslims. We are going to help our Muslim brothers in Kashmir". ["Half-way to freedom" by Margaret Bourke-White, p-161].
On 22nd October 1947 , thousands of Pashtun tribesmen entered Kashmir from Pakistan, in response to the genocide of Muslims
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in Jammu and in support of insurgents of Poonch, with logistical support from the Government of Pakistan.
Kashmir, 1948:
"The corpses of Muslim leaders lying on the ground after they had been stabbed to death and hacked to pieces by Hindu Dogras. The town was eventually captured by Pathans."
The Sphere, Feb 21 1948.
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I will add a couple of photos to the thread too. Couldnt find them.
A group of mohmand and tribesmen from dir moving towards kashmir
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