Srinagar, Aug. 5 -- The emotional outpouring came during an official ceremony where the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, handed over government job appointment letters to the affected families.

The event held on the anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, saw more than 150 families in attendance.

At SKICC, beyond the ceremonial moment, it was the voices of the victims' children, some orphaned in infancy that captured the pain of Kashmir's prolonged conflict.

'No one helped us, until now'

Junaid Ahmad from Anantnag, who lost his father when he was just two years old, shared how his life spiraled after his mother also passed away a decade later.

"My sister had to marry at 15. We were completely alone. I walk...