Kashmir Deserted After Pahalgam Terror Attack

The brutal terrorist attack in the Baisaran meadow of Pahalgam on April 22 took lives of at least 26 people and since then the streets of Jammu and Kashmir has been deserted. Usually bustling city center Lal Chowk in Srinagar was seen empty similar to streets of Anantnag where markets are closed and Indian paramilitary troops are patrolling.

A general view of the closed market at Pahalgam in Anantnag. At least 26 people were killed when terrorists opened fire on tourists in the popular Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam in one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Kashmir in recent years.

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People walk as boards of various doctors are installed on a building outside GMC Anantnag in Jammu and Kashmir.

Deserted Kashmir after Pahalgam massacre | Photo: Nasir Kachroo/NurPhoto via Getty Images

People walk as boards of various doctors are installed on a building outside GMC Anantnag in Jammu and Kashmir.

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View of the city center Lal Chowk in Srinagar, Indian Administered Kashmir. Markets remain deserted after a militant attack in Pahalgam that leaves more than 26 tourists dead and scores injured.

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Kashmiri women walk past closed shops following a suspected militant attack near south Kashmir's scenic Pahalgam, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.

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A man walks next to closed shops following a suspected militant attack near south Kashmir's scenic Pahalgam, in Srinagar.

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Tourists sit on the porch of shuttered shops during a strike against recent killing of tourists in the city center, on April 23, 2025 in Srinagar.

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View of the city center Lal Chowk in Srinagar, Indian Administered Kashmir. Markets remain deserted after a militant attack in Pahalgam that leaves more than 26 tourists dead and scores injured.