‘We don’t care’: Weddings go on in Azad Kashmir near LoC
“If war comes, we’ll deal with it when it happens,” says a 25-year-old groom living in Neelum Valley.
AFP Published May 4, 2025 Updated 2 days ago
Rabia Bibi, a glittering red dupatta pulled over her eyes, wasn’t about to let the threat of war with India stop her wedding in a remote valley in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
“In our childhood, the situation was also like this, but we are not afraid. Nor will we be,” the 18-year-old told AFP after being carried in a flower-garlanded “doli” carriage.
“We want peace, so our life does not get affected,” said the bride, radiant in gold bangles, bejewelled bridal headpiece and richly embroidered scarlet robe.
At the ceremony — preceded by the sacrifice of a chicken — groom Chaudhry Junaid, no less resplendent in his elaborate sherwani coat and red-and-gold turban, was also defiant.
