LINE OF CONTROL

The Line of Control, also known as the 'ceasefire line', is a defacto border that divides the Pakistan and Indian-administered Kashmir. The line originally marked the military front when the two countries declared a ceasefire in 1949, but the attacks have been happening ever since.. 

The dispute over Jammu and Kashmir, which lies between India and Pakistan and is partially controlled by both countries, dates back more than seven decades. It has sparked three wars and sporadic threats of nuclear conflict.

Most of Muslim-majority Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since they became independent countries in 1947, with its remote eastern extremity controlled by China. Both India and Pakistan claim the region in its entirety.

India is now attempting to change the status of Jammu and Kashmir, prompting Pakistan to warn of “impending genocide.”

 
India and Pakistan have been at loggerheads over Kashmir for 74 years, with intermittent periods of peace. However, in August 2019 tension was renewed after New Delhi withdrew the autonomy of the Himalayan region and split it into federally administered territories.

Insurgents in Kashmir have been fighting Indian rule since 1989, with some estimates suggesting more than 70,000 people have been killed in the armed conflict.

Pakistan and India have pledged to end all firing along their disputed Kashmir frontier, but the attacks don't stop.