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Pakistan accused of attacking Afghan university

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Air attacks on the province of Kunar have killed at least seven people and injured 75, sources tell the BBC.

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1958

200 Injured in Invasion of Kashmir

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan June 20—Police battled for five hours today with more than a thousand Pakistani volunteers attempting a peaceful invasion of Indian-held Kashmir. More than 200 volunteers were reported injured, but they kept coming. Pakistan claims Kashmir and long has been in dispute with India over it. The clash occurred on the road to Srinagar at Chinari. Police charged repeatedly with batons and threatened to fire on the green uniformed volunteers, none of whom carried weapons. The volunteers defied the police by lying in the road and daring the police to shoot. The march started with more than 300 volunteers moving toward Kashmir. They pushed a thin police line back inch by inch until 1,900 police reinforcements arrived and started hauling the marchers away bodily. More than 1,000 volunteers had arrived by the time police reinforcements came and more were still trekking in. Police first tried to head off the march yesterday. They hauled away hundreds of volunteers and arrested one of their leaders. The volunteers are members of the Kashmir liberation movements. While the government is sympathetic with the aims of the movement, it announced last week that the march on Kashmir was banned.

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Evening star. (Washington, D.C.), June 29, 1958 — front page Enlarge →

What Happened Next

1958 Pakistani military coup

On October 27, Iskander Mirza resigned from the presidency, transferring it to Ayub Khan. Mirza believed his own position had become largely redundant after Ayub Khan assumed most executive powers as chief martial law administrator and prime minister.

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Sino-Indian War

On 20 October 1962, the PLA launched two attacks, 1,000 kilometres apart. After four days of fierce fighting, the three regiments of Chinese troops succeeded in securing a substantial portion of the disputed territory.

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Operation Gibraltar

In the first week of August 1965, Pakistani troops who were members of Azad Kashmir Regular Force began to cross the Cease Fire Line dividing Indian- and Pakistani-held Kashmir across the Pir Panjal Range into Gulmarg, Uri and Baramulla. Several columns were to occupy key heights around the Kashmir valley and encourage a general revolt.

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