The NYT criticised the unrest in Kashmir that broke out after Burhan Wani's death. The editorial also questioned the use of pellet guns and called them and AFSPA ‘unworthy of India’s democracy’. Aziz repeated the words of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that Kashmir is not India's internal matter. In a strongly-worded editorial, the New York Times slammed the unrest in Kashmir after the death of Burhan Wani, who they referred to as a separatist, and termed the current unrest ‘a major setback for peace’. "Kashmir is not India's internal matter because it is recognised under the United Nations," he said and accused India of using "state-sponsored terrorism to justify illegal occupation over Kashmir".

Source: dna July 21, 2016 17:03 UTC