Overview

• The six-year field study categorises 2,493 graves as unidentified foreign militants (61.5%), 1,208 as local militants (29.8%), nine as civilians (0.2%), 276 as unmarked, and 70 as 1947 tribal invaders.
• The report urges forensic exhumations and DNA testing for the 276 unmarked graves, concentrated largely in Baramulla, to enable identification and closure for families.
• Researchers conducted physical inspections of 373 graveyards with GPS-tagged photography, interviewed clerics, gravediggers, families and former militants, and cross-checked accounts with official records.
• Former Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah called the work a commendable effort yet said expert validation is needed to assess investigative standards.
• The NGO notes the study covers only four border districts and presents its findings as countering claims of mass civilian burials, with independent verification and any forensic probes still pending.