
Aakash Hassan
Writer at Freelance
Freelance Journalist at The Guardian
Reporting on the intersection of conflict, geopolitics, and human rights in South Asia [email protected]
Articles
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2 days ago |
theguardian.com | Hannah Ellis-Petersen |Aakash Hassan
For weeks, Subash Devatwal’s phone has not stopped ringing. Some of the calls have been from distressed students, at other times it is their panicked parents, but all have the same question – is their dream of studying in the US still possible? Devatwal runs an education consultancy in Ahmedabad, the main city in the Indian state of Gujarat.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Aakash Hassan
A week after fleeing artillery fire from across the border, Rina Begum returned to find her home in Kashmir devastated. The walls were cracked, the roof crumbling, windows blown inward, and glass shards scattered across the floor, mingling with the ashes of her daughter’s books. The 45-year-old gazed out through a fractured window frame at the looming mountains. “Hell has been raining down from there,” she said.
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3 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Hannah Ellis-Petersen |Shah Meer Baloch |Aakash Hassan
India and Pakistan have both claimed victory after a ceasefire was declared over the weekend, which brought the two nuclear-nations back from the brink of war. After days of escalating clashes that culminated in both sides launching missile and drone strikes on each other’s major military bases – the closest they had come to full-scale war in decades – the ceasefire between India and Pakistan was declared by US President Donald Trump on Saturday evening.
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3 weeks ago |
businessandamerica.com | Hannah Ellis-Petersen |Shah Meer Baloch |Aakash Hassan
India and Pakistan have agreed to a US-mediated ceasefire with immediate effect, though its longevity was thrown into question after reports of cross-border shelling and explosions in Indian-administered Kashmir just hours after it was announced.
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3 weeks ago |
thetimes.com | Dominic Hauschild |Aakash Hassan |Amrit Dhillon |Haroon Janjua
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#Kashmir: Just moments before blasts were heard and projectiles lit up the sky, I was reporting from Srinagar on the mood on the ground following the U.S.-brokered “ceasefire” between India and Pakistan. @TimesRadio

"There was no indication in the media.. that something like this was taking place." Trump's involvement in the ceasefire between Pakistan and India was "surprising" because the US had insisted they "resolve this dispute independently", says reporter in Srinigar, @AakashHassan. https://t.co/AsqkUDtnpy

As India and Pakistan have reportedly agreed to an immediate U.S.-brokered ceasefire, people in Kashmir appear both surprised and happy. https://t.co/JMDuv3FWaq

India closes land border with Pakistan, suspends Indus Water treaty after deadly attack on tourists in #Kashmir https://t.co/WUZ9nKya6B