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Kashmiri photographers shoot pictures as Indian paramilitary soldiers frisk a Kashmiri youth at a market in Srinagar, Thursday, March 20, 2008

Birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) brings together all shades of Kashmiri society at Hazratbal shrine popularly known as Aasar-e-Sharief Dargah. Meeladun Nabi (birth of the Prophet) is celebrated on the 12th of Rabiul Awal, the third month of the lunar calendar.

A Kashmiri Muslim girl watches a procession through a broken wall during Eid-e-Milad, Prophet Muhammad's birth anniversary, in Srinagar, Friday, March 21, 2008

Children take out a Milad procession in Shahr-e-Khas

Indian paramilitary soldiers frisk a Kashmiri youth at a market in Srinagar, Thursday, March 20, 2008

Procession at at Abi Guzar

Indian paramilitary soldier checks the bag of a Kashmir youth at a market in Srinagar, Thursday, March 20, 2008.

A mother cries besides the body of her son Jehangir Ahmad Dar, a mujahid commander of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen in Halmulla, 35 km south of Srinagar March 18, 2008.

Kashmiri Muslim villagers carry the body of Jahangir Ahmed, a top commander of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen during his funeral procession in Halmullaha, about 42 kilometers south of Srinagar, Tuesday, March 18, 2008.