SRINAGAR, Kashmir — Shaqeela Sajad was sweeping the front porch last week when a masked man dressed in black forced a handkerchief over her nose and attacked her. “When I opened my eyes in the ...

Over the past two months, at least 200 women in Indian-administered Kashmir have reported being attacked by masked assailants who cut off their braids. According to many of the victims’ accounts, the ...

MELROSE - An 11-year-old girl says one of her braids was cut while she was cleaning up a project with her classmates at a Melrose elementary school. "I was just embarrassed that somebody cut my hair," ...