rediff.com: For 15,000 Kashmiri youth, the Army beckons

February 19, 2009

Hundreds of educated unemployed youth attended the recruitment rally organised by the Indian Army in north Kashmir's Baramulla town. "The response to the recruitment drive has been overwhelming. Nearly 15,000 people turned up for it," informed a defence spokesman.

Image: Kashmiri youths run during a recruitment drive by the Indian Army in Baramulla.

Text: Mukhtar Ahmad | Photographs: Danish Ismail/Reuters

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