The countries have been in a dispute for over 70 years in relation to the Kashmir region.
n Indian paramilitary solider fires tear gas shell towards Kashmiri protesters in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Tuesday. Image: Dar Yasin/AP/Press Association Images n Indian paramilitary solider fires tear gas shell towards Kashmiri protesters in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Tuesday. Image: Dar Yasin/AP/Press Association Images TENSIONS BETWEEN INDIA and Pakistan in recent weeks have reached highs not seen in decades.
The tensions between the two have potentially huge global ramifications since both powers confirmed in the late-90s that they have nuclear capabilities. Insurgency The disputes between the two governments are bolstered by an ongoing insurgency by Kashmiri militants which kicked off in 1989. Many Kashmir citizens resent the rule of India and what they see as the heavy-handed actions of its forces in the region. Many Kashmiris want either independence or to join Pakistan.