The meadow still looks the same. Pine-fringed and postcard-perfect, the Baisaran Valley above Pahalgam once stood as shorthand for Kashmir’s fragile return to normalcy — tourists milling about, pony rides tracing familiar paths, the soft hum of a region trying to outgrow its past.
Then came April 22, 2025.
Gunmen stepped into that calm and shattered it. Moving with chilling intent, they singled out victims by religious identity, killing 26 people in what became the deadliest terrorist attack in India since the 2008 Mumbai carnage.
