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Kashmiri girl claims she's been denied passport due to ex-militant uncle

A 15-year-old girl at an orphanage in Jammu and Kashmir, who has received a US scholarship, claimed she was being denied a passport which would allow her to study in the USA as her uncle was a former militant, although state government officials have clarified that was not the case.

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The state administration has assured that Sufaira Jan, who hails from Budgaum district, would receive her passport in due course but the girl claims that having a former militant for an uncle had been held against her.u00a0

"The government doesn't understand that my uncle was a militant in the past and has now surrendered and lives a normal life... What is my fault? I am not a militant," said Jan, who hails from Budgam district.

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