Kashmir: Why India and Pakistan fight over it
- India conducted airstrikes on multiple sites in Pakistan after a terror attack in Kashmir that killed 26 individuals, mostly tourists. This attack was blamed on Pakistan-based militants.
- Pakistan denied involvement in the attacks while India claimed the strikes were in response to terrorists based in Pakistan.
- The Kashmir region, claimed by both nations, has been a site of decades of conflict, including three wars and ongoing tensions.
- Analysts caution that the area remains a potential flashpoint for nuclear escalation, with both countries equipped with nuclear weapons.
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Why are India and Pakistan fighting? History of war and conflict explained
Indian soldiers stand guard as a woman walks in a market in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir (Picture: AP) India launched airstrikes across nine sites in Pakistan overnight, adding to a decades-long list of military conflicts between the nuclear-armed neighbours. The attack,followed the killing of 26 men, mostly tourists, in Indian Kashmir last month by Islamist assailants that India blamed on Pakistan. The Muslim-majority Himalayan region of…
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