93% of the mass graves in Kashmir are of Pakistanis or Terrorists

New Delhi – For over three decades, Kashmir’s graveyards have been used not just as sites of mourning but as weapons in an information war. Western NGOs, separatist lobbies, and Pakistan’s propaganda machine have pushed one carefully curated narrative : That unmarked graves in Kashmir are ‘evidence’ of mass atrocities by Indian security forces.

But the latest study by the ‘Save Youth Save Future (SYSF) Foundation’ – ‘Unraveling the Truth : A Critical Study of Unmarked and Unidentified Graves in Kashmir Valley (2025)’, has put these myths to rest. After years of fieldwork across Baramulla, Kupwara, Bandipora, and Ganderbal, surveying over 373 graveyards, SYSF has documented 4,056 graves in total. The results demolish decades of propaganda. Have a look.

1. 2,493 graves of foreign terrorists, mostly Pakistanis, Afghans, and others sent across the Line of Control.

2. 1,208 graves of local terrorists, Kashmiris recruited into terrorism.

3. 70 graves of tribal invaders from 1947.

4. 276 unmarked graves.

That means 93.2% of all graves are identified and documented. Far from mass graves of civilians, they overwhelmingly are of terrorists neutralised in counter-insurgency operations.

Some important points from the Report

1. Unidentified burials became a practical necessity rather than a deliberate policy of concealment. In other words, terrorists carrying no IDs were buried quickly by villagers or mosque committees.

2. Even the Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission (SHRC), in its 2011 inquiry, concluded that many of these graves were of foreign terrorists killed in encounters. Yet the propaganda machine ignored this nuance, because the goal was not truth but demonisation.

Who spread disinformation about the Indian Army ?

1. Community Human Rights and Advocacy Centre

2. Amnesty International, 3. London School of Economics and Political Science, 4. Human Rights Watch

(Pakistan and International Human Rights organisations have been spreading disinformation about the genocide of Muslims at the hands of the Indian Army in Kashmir. SYSF report reveals the truth and the anti-India face of these organisations, besides exposing the terrorist face of Pakistan. – Editor)