For a long time, the resistance against India remained on a non-violent level. But in the year 1987 the armed insurgency was sparked by the alleged rigging of state elections. During the 90s and early 2000s, as the armed resistance movement lived through its pinnacle, the valley witnessed over a decade of gritty war, and with it came a wave of grave human rights violations committed by security forces. Backed by the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), the military would not be held accountable for any of their actions, and put them almost in a state of impunity.