Namrata Biji Ahuja

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A BROKEN CONCRETE slab tangled with destroyed wooden planks is what remains of Ahsan ul-Haq Sheikh’s house. A few steps away, his aunt Imtiaza’s house stands upright, but has visible damage. “There was a thunderous blast,” said Imtiaza, “which shook the neighbourhood houses and shattered all our windows.”Sheikh is one of the 13 people whose houses were razed after security forces cracked down on Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives in the wake of the Pahalgam attack.