What do you know about tensions on Kashmir

The militants in Kashmir killed at least 26 tourists, at least 26, and injured many others on Tuesday in the worst attack on civilians in the lands run by the Indian years ago, which India described as the terrorist attack.

No group immediately demanded its responsibility for the shooting, which occurred near Paalgam in the picturesque Baisaran Valley. But in the past, India Blame on Pakistan For similar attacks. One of this violent episode in 2019 brought the two countries to Edge of war.

Here is what to know about tensions between India and Pakistan on Kashmir.

Kashmir is a disputed area.

Kashmir, a picturesque valley and an ethnic diversified in the Himalayas, had violently over generations.

He left its fate without decided in 1947, when the British divided India, its former colony, into two countries. One of them was Pakistan, who had a Muslim majority. And the other, mostly consists of Hindus, keep the name of India.

the Hindu rolls From Kashmir, which also fell inside British India, she refused to join India or Pakistan. Each two countries, the region, is a region with an Islamic majority rich in beauty and natural resources.

Within months of division, the ruler is not his opinion. The region has become part of India. But Pakistan did not abandon its demand. Both countries sent forces to the area, prompting Pakistan to occupy about a third of the two -thirds document.

India and Pakistan fought three wars on it.

Military incursions also erupted, police and terrorist attacks between the two countries erupted, as militants fighting for independence killed dozens of civilians, including Hindu pilgrims.

Since the war erupted in 1999, Kashmir has been one of the most military areas in the world. A neighbor, who were practicing nuclear weapons, again on the brink of war several times, including In 2019when Suicide bombing In Kashmir, at least 40 Indian soldiers were killed.

India blamed Pakistan for the attack, and a militant group based in Pakistan claimed its responsibility. Pakistan said the group, an army, and Muhammad, is officially banned there. But Indian and American officials said it was still working in the country and described it as a terrorist group.

India and Pakistan are closed on a dead end.

The two countries did not move from their positions on Kashmir over the past half of the century, despite decades of violence and United Nations attempts to mediate the conflict.

India has accused Pakistan of sponsoring separatist violence. Pakistan denied this accusation as it also argued that the conflict about Kashmir should be resolved through a referendum of the United Nations that allows Cashmeres to determine their own position.

Tensions have boiled since India has canceled the independence of Kashmir.

In 2019, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Eliminate Part of the Indian constitution that gave the autonomy of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. This step was to integrate the Indian part of Kashmir, as it is known, part of its Hindu national agenda.

His government began to manage the region directly from New Delhi – which brings a great security presence to the region and cut off communications to the outside world. Thousands of political leaders and activists in the field of human rights, civilians and democracy have been imprisoned for years.

Pakistan Condemn India movements. But violent disorders erupted in a part of Kashmir, as well as Pakistan. The protests are reflected there is a general feeling Lack of satisfaction with Pakistani rule.

The direct rule by India Wet Violence in part of the Kashmir that controls it. The vote also resumed last year. But discontent with the party of Mr. Modi, especially for how he greatly cleared the lives of the Kashmiris.