AFSPAs bitter roots

November 21, 2011 16:01

For several weeks now, Omar Abdullah, the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, has been campaigning vigorously to have the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (or AFSPA) withdrawn from his state.

The act, which confers upon soldiers in "disturbed areas' extraordinary powers and legal immunity, has operated in the Kashmir valley since 1990 and in Jammu since 2001. Read the blog on the New York Times.

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