What to know about India, Pakistan and the Kashmir region

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A deadly attack on 22 April in India-administered Kashmir has prompted fears of conflict spiralling between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan.  Both countries have exchanged gunfire across their heavily militarised de facto border since the attack, in which 26 men were killed.   Here’s what you need to know about what is happening in Kashmir, and what could happen next.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A deadly attack on the 22nd of April in India-administered Kashmir has prompted fears of conflict

00:23spiralling between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan.

00:25I say to the whole world, India will identify, wreck and punish every terrorist and their

00:43backer.

00:45We will pursue them to the ends of the earth.

00:51India's spirit will never be broken by terrorism.

00:54Both countries have exchanged gunfire across their heavily militarised de facto border in

00:59contested Kashmir since the attack, in which 26 men were killed.

01:03New Delhi blames the attack on Islamabad, which in turn rejects the claims.

01:07India and Pakistan have also exchanged tit-for-tat diplomatic barbs and expulsions and sharp border

01:11crossings.

01:12Islamabad now says it has credible evidence that India is planning an imminent military

01:16strike, vowing that any act of aggression will be met with a decisive response.

01:20We are everywhere, all the time.

01:25We are ready and we are prepared to take on all sorts of challenges.

01:31The Indian subcontinent was ruled by Britain until 1947, when it was divided into mainly Hindu

01:38India and Muslim-majority Pakistan.

01:40The partition unleashed bloodshed that possibly killed more than a million people and displaced

01:4415 million.

01:45India and Pakistan went to war over control of the region of Kashmir until a UN-backed ceasefire

01:47line divided Kashmir between both countries in 1949.

01:49The partition unleashed bloodshed that possibly killed more than a million people and displaced

01:5415 million.

01:55India and Pakistan went to war over control of the region of Kashmir until a UN-backed ceasefire

01:59line divided Kashmir between both countries in 1949.

02:02More than 75 years later, both countries continued to fight over the region and claim it in full.

02:08Rebels in the Indian-administered area of Kashmir have waged insurgency since 1989, seeking

02:12independence or a merger with the country.

02:13Pakistan and India regularly trade accusations of arming groups in each other's territory

02:24to cause instability.

02:27Some fear that military action is imminent, following the most recent attack.

02:31India and Pakistan both have nuclear weapons and their militaries are among the largest in

02:35the world.

02:43India and Pakistan both have nuclear weapons and魔ур

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