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People pay tribute to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel who were killed in an explosion in south Kashmir, inside a temple in Ahmedabad, India. REUTERS
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Indian soldiers examine the debris after an explosion in Lethpora in south Kashmir's Pulwama district. Reuters
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Indian soldiers examine the debris after an explosion in Lethpora in south Kashmir's Pulwama district. REUTERS
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Indian soldiers examine the debris after an explosion in Lethpora in south Kashmir's Pulwama district. REUTERS
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Indian soldiers examine the debris after an explosion in Lethpora in south Kashmir's Pulwama district. REUTERS
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Indian soldiers examine the debris after an explosion in Lethpora in south Kashmir's Pulwama district. REUTERS
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Indian security men inspect at the site blast in Lethpora area of south Kashmir' s Pulwama district some 20 kilometers from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. At least 18 Indian paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in a suicide attack in Pulwama district when a militant rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the CRPF bus they were travelling in, according to local news reports. EPA
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An Indian paramilitary soldiers gestures as he stands guard near the site of an explosion in Pampore, Indian-controlled Kashmir. Security officials say at least 10 soldiers have been killed and 20 others wounded by a large explosion that struck a paramilitary convoy on a key highway on the outskirts of the disputed region's main city of Srinagar. AP Photo
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Indian paramilitary soldiers hang on to an ambulance carrying bodies of their colleagues near the site of an explosion in Pampore, Indian-controlled Kashmir. Security officials say at least 10 soldiers have been killed and 20 others wounded by a large explosion that struck a paramilitary convoy on a key highway on the outskirts of the disputed region's main city of Srinagar. AP Photo
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A tow truck takes away a damaged Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) vehicle near the site blast in Lethpora area of south Kashmir' s Pulwama district some 20 kilometers from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. EPA
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Indian security officers stand guard near the site blast in Lethpora area of south Kashmir' s Pulwama district some 20 kilometers from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. EPA
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Indian security forces inspect the remains of a vehicle following an attack on a paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy that killed at least 16 troopers and injured several others near Awantipur town in the Lethpora area of Kashmir about 30km south of Srinagar. AFP
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Indian security vehicles at the site of the blast in Lethpora area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district some 20 kilometers from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. EPA
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A damaged bus is towed away following an attack on a paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy that killed at least 16 troopers and injured several others near Awantipora town, about 30 kms South of Srinagar, in Lethpora. AFP
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Indian security forces vehicles drive to the site of an attack on a paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy that killed at least 16 troopers and injured several others near Awantipora town, about 30 kms South of Srinagar, in Lethpora. AFP
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People pay tribute to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel who were killed in an explosion in south Kashmir, inside a temple in Ahmedabad, India. REUTERS
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Indian soldiers examine the debris after an explosion in Lethpora in south Kashmir's Pulwama district. Reuters
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Indian soldiers examine the debris after an explosion in Lethpora in south Kashmir's Pulwama district. REUTERS
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Indian soldiers examine the debris after an explosion in Lethpora in south Kashmir's Pulwama district. REUTERS
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Indian soldiers examine the debris after an explosion in Lethpora in south Kashmir's Pulwama district. REUTERS
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Indian soldiers examine the debris after an explosion in Lethpora in south Kashmir's Pulwama district. REUTERS
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Indian security men inspect at the site blast in Lethpora area of south Kashmir' s Pulwama district some 20 kilometers from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. At least 18 Indian paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in a suicide attack in Pulwama district when a militant rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the CRPF bus they were travelling in, according to local news reports. EPA
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An Indian paramilitary soldiers gestures as he stands guard near the site of an explosion in Pampore, Indian-controlled Kashmir. Security officials say at least 10 soldiers have been killed and 20 others wounded by a large explosion that struck a paramilitary convoy on a key highway on the outskirts of the disputed region's main city of Srinagar. AP Photo
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Indian paramilitary soldiers hang on to an ambulance carrying bodies of their colleagues near the site of an explosion in Pampore, Indian-controlled Kashmir. Security officials say at least 10 soldiers have been killed and 20 others wounded by a large explosion that struck a paramilitary convoy on a key highway on the outskirts of the disputed region's main city of Srinagar. AP Photo
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A tow truck takes away a damaged Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) vehicle near the site blast in Lethpora area of south Kashmir' s Pulwama district some 20 kilometers from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. EPA
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Indian security officers stand guard near the site blast in Lethpora area of south Kashmir' s Pulwama district some 20 kilometers from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. EPA
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Indian security forces inspect the remains of a vehicle following an attack on a paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy that killed at least 16 troopers and injured several others near Awantipur town in the Lethpora area of Kashmir about 30km south of Srinagar. AFP
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Indian security vehicles at the site of the blast in Lethpora area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district some 20 kilometers from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. EPA
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A damaged bus is towed away following an attack on a paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy that killed at least 16 troopers and injured several others near Awantipora town, about 30 kms South of Srinagar, in Lethpora. AFP
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Indian security forces vehicles drive to the site of an attack on a paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy that killed at least 16 troopers and injured several others near Awantipora town, about 30 kms South of Srinagar, in Lethpora. AFP
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People pay tribute to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel who were killed in an explosion in south Kashmir, inside a temple in Ahmedabad, India. REUTERS
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15 February, 2019
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