'People are panicked': Kashmir curfew takes toll on mental health
by Fahad Shah in Pulwama from World news | The Guardian on (#4T1AC)
Psychologists say crackdown has led to a rise in people seeking help for anxiety, stress and other issues
It had been six weeks since Syed Ruhi, 19, saw her boyfriend, Ashfaq Ahmad, 25. They last met in his shop in the bustling town market in Pulwama. The atmosphere was tense: extra troops had just been deployed to Kashmir, and everyone suspected something might be about to happen.
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