| BHAT | Kashmir's top separatist leader, Abdul Ghani ___, who welcomed India's offer of unconditional talks |
| INFLATES | Hip apartment English separatist leader blows up |
| KRUGER | Urge to break into the perimeter of Kashmir's national park (6) |
| UAE | Country to which Afghan president Ashraf Ghani recently fled |
| ASHRAF | ___ Ghani, former Afghan president |
| ASIA | Kashmir's locale |
| KYLE | __ Canning, Ramsay Street fella who welcomed Rhiannon Bates into his home recently (4) |
| BLAKE | The Shallows actress who welcomed her second child last September, ___ Lively (pictured) (5) |
| EMILY | ___ Blunt, actress who welcomed her second daughter just last summer (5) |
| ALBA | The political party who welcomed Ash Regan in October (4) |
| PARIS | Hilton who welcomed her and Carter Reum's second child on Thursday |
| TOOTS | Blows the whistle (or, bar owner Shor who welcomed celebs and hockey players) |
| MACDONAGH | Doctor who welcomed her third child with Peter Andre (5,9) |
| LEAMICHELE | Broadway and "Glee" star who welcomed her second child over the weekend |
| MACRON | French President who welcomed the US-Iran ceasefire. (Last name) (6) |
| BANGA | World Bank President who welcomed Japan's energy resilience initiative. (Last name) (5) |
| RORY | _ Douglas-Speed, Hollyoaks cast member who welcomed a second son this year with his partner and former co-star Nadine Mulkerrin (4) |
| KHAN | Kublai ___, Chinese emperor who welcomed Marco Polo (4) |
| REIMS | A city in northeastern France to the east of Paris; site of the unconditional German surrender in 1945 at the end of WWII (5) |
| ZELENSKYY | President of Ukraine calling for a 30-day unconditional ceasefire against Russia.(Last Name) (9) |
