Aug 8, 2019 · Nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan have fought two wars and a limited conflict over Kashmir. But why do they dispute the territory - and how did it start? How old is this fight?

The Kashmir conflict is a territorial conflict over the Kashmir region, primarily between India and Pakistan, and also between China and India in the northeastern portion of the region. [1][2] The conflict started after the partition of India in 1947 as both India and Pakistan claimed the entirety of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Jan 26, 2025 · Kashmir is a region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent. Claimed by both India and Pakistan, the region has remained a source of tension since the partition of 1947 and was the focus of three wars between them.

Apr 9, 2024 · In 1989, Pakistan capitalized upon a burgeoning resistance movement in Indian-administered Kashmir to undermine Indian control, reigniting tensions and beginning decades of communal violence....

22 hours ago · Two gatherings, 100 kilometres apart in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) -- the people in attendance and their speeches -- perfectly capture why Pakistan remains beyond reform. While Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif from Muzaffarabad called for peace talks with India, Islamabad allowed the hosting of a gun-brandishing rally and a conference in POK's ...

Jan 26, 2025 · After Bhutto was arrested in 1977 and executed in 1979, the Kashmir issue once again became the leading cause of conflict between India and Pakistan. A number of movements have variously sought a merger of Kashmir with Pakistan or independence for the region from both India and Pakistan.

Mar 8, 2019 · Days of military exchanges between India and Pakistan have sparked the gravest crisis in the disputed Kashmir border region in years. The crisis comes two weeks after a suicide attack in...

Jammu [b] and Kashmir [c] (abbreviated J&K) is a region administered by India as a union territory [1] and consists of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and between India and China since 1959. [3]

Mar 1, 2019 · Tensions between India and Pakistan are flaring once again over Kashmir, raising global anxiety about the risk of conflict between the two nuclear-armed rivals.

Aug 7, 2019 · Kashmir, a Muslim-majority region, has been claimed by both Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan since the end of British colonial rule in 1947. The region is now separated by...