Kashmir unrest on the rise

Increasing tension between India and Pakistan is stoking fears of an escalation into a major clash between the two nuclear powers

Burhan Muzaffar Wani

CHINA

500km 310 miles

New Delhi

INDIA

Arabian Sea

PAKISTAN

TAJIKISTAN

AFGHANISTAN

PAKISTAN

Leepa

Islamabad

50km 30 miles

Bhimber

Gilgit

PAKISTAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR

Kargil

Line of Control

INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR

INDIA

Kel

Baramulla

Srinagar

Uri

Jammu

Areas administered by China, claimed by India

Siachen Glacier (Contested by India and Pakistan)

Leh

CHINA

Jul 8: Crisis triggered by killing of popular separatist leader , 22, by Indian security forces

Jul 9: Protests over Wani’s killing leave 11 dead and over 200 injured

Aug 17: Indian army convoy attacked on Srinagar-Baramulla highway – two soldiers, one policeman killed

Sep 18: India blames Pakistan for raid on army base in Uri that kills 18 soldiers

Sep 29: India retaliates by carrying out cross-border “surgical strikes” at Bhimber, Leepa and Kel to destroy terror “launch pads”

Oct 2: Militants attack Indian army camp in Baramulla, killing one border guard

Source: Wire agencies

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