In this Monday, Oct. 16, 2017 photo, a Kashmiri protester throws stones at policemen during a protest over increasing braid chopping incidents in many parts of Kashmir, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Unidentified assailants have chopped off long-braided hair of
In this Monday, Oct. 16, 2017 photo, a Kashmiri protester throws stones at policemen during a protest over increasing braid chopping incidents in many parts of Kashmir, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Unidentified assailants have chopped off long-braided hair of over 100 mostly teenage girls and young women since last month in Indian-controlled Kashmir. The attacks have intensified fear and panic, protests and even vigilantes in the disputed Himalayan region, where most population is already exhausted and traumatized by decades of brutal conflict. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)