India restores 4G mobile internet in Kashmir after 550 days

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FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, file photo, an Indian paramilitary soldier keeps guard outside the main telephone exchange building in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. India ended an 18-month-long ban on high speed internet services on mobile devices in disputed Kashmir, where opposition to New Delhi has deepened after it revoked the region's semi-autonomy. The order late Friday, Feb. 5, lifted the ban on 4G mobile data services However, the order issued by the regions home secretary, Shaleen Kabra, asked police officials to closely monitor the impact of lifting of restrictions. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan, File)