Mohammad Nafees – Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS).

The subject of the Muslim-majority Himalayan state of Kashmir – divided between India and Pakistan through a 720-km long Line of Control (LoC) – has remained part of regional and global headlines particularly since August 5 2019, when New Delhi revoked the state’s special states and annexed it as the union territory along with Ladakh. Even before that, both countries have been trading mutual allegations of cross-border shelling and firing resulting in harm to civilian populations in areas under their respective administration.

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