New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- A new study of 4,056 unmarked graves in four infiltration-prone districts in Jammu and Kashmir has found only nine such graves in which civilians were buried while foreign militants were buried in 62% of them. The report by Save Youth Save Future Foundation titled 'Unraveling the truth: A critical study of unmarked and unidentified graves in Kashmir valley' by Save Youth Save Future Foundation examined 373 graveyards in Baramulla, Kupwara, Bandipora and Ganderbal. The research combined ground surveys with GPS mapping and interviews of clerics, gravediggers, families of militants, local residents and even surrendered insurgents. "Most carried no identification, a deliberate tactic to conceal networks and protect sponsors. With Islamabad consistently denying links to these fighters and refusing to claim their bodies, burials took place anonymously in Kashmiri villages," the report said. htc...