Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told the top United Nations human rights forum on Sept. 10 that India’s “illegal military occupation” of the Muslim-majority territory of Kashmir raises the specter of “genocide.” India revoked the autonomy of the disputed Himalayan region, home to 8 million people and a flashpoint for the nuclear-armed neighbors, on Aug. 5.
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