Pak Targets LoC Civilians

More than 150 people have been rendered homeless in heavy artillery firing from Pakistan in Gurez sector along the LoC

- Abhishek Bhalla

Nine-year-old Hilal Ahmed Chopan begins crying as his father shows around the gutted cluster of houses that has left hundreds homeless near the Line of Control in Gurez sector of Jammu and Kashmir after Pakistan's aggression using artillery guns targeting civilians.

Hilal like many other kids in the Junglee village of Kanzalwan area are in shock after their homes were reduced to ashes on August 27. Pakistan Army used heavy artillery to target civilian areas leaving the residents gripped in fear in Gurez.

Chopan consoles his son every time the little boy starts sobbing haunted by the memory of the horror. Young Hilal continuously pleads to be taken to a place of safety. Chopan tells Hilal that things will be fine, though he is uncertain himself.

“We elders have seen these things before but it's impossible to explain the same to kids. All the children in the area keep repeating what happened that day and are scared,” he said.