Jammu, Jan. 31 -- A village of Kishtwar was gripped by grief and heartbreak as the story of Jana Begum's final moments unfolded-a mother whose last wish was denied by the very son she had pleaded with for years.
Her son, Riaz Ahmed, once a part of her home, had long ago abandoned his family to join the ranks of Hizbul Mujahideen.
Carrying a bounty of Rs.10 lakh on his head, Ahmed never returned, not even to shoulder the coffin of the woman who gave him life.
For months, Jana Begum's voice echoed in the valley, her appeals piercing the silence of terror: "What kind of jihad is this, where parents are abandoned?"
Her words were not just a plea to her son but a cry against the cruelty of extremism that tears families apart. Her husband, Mo...