Sunday, November 30, 2008

Map of India, Pakistan and Kashmir With Background

The thorniest bone of contention between India and Pakistan for the past half century is the disputed region of Kashmir where Muslim dissidents have attempted to separate their territory from India which is Hindu and controls two-thirds of Kashmir. Pakistan which is Muslim controls the rest of Kashmir. More than 20,000 people have died in separatist conflict in the region since armed insurgency began in 1989. India has accused Pakistan of providing material aid to unhappy separatist militants and terrorists, a charge Pakistan denies.

More background of the long conflict between Pakistan and India from Wikipedia:

Since the Partition of India by the British Empire in August 1947, which resulted in the creation of the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, there have been three major wars, one minor war and numerous armed skirmishes between the two countries. In each case, except the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, where the dispute concerned East Pakistan, the casus belli was the disputed Kashmir region. More.

Is Pakistan the most dangerous country in the world, as in it's a Muslim country with nuclear weapons?


1 comment:

  1. "Is Pakistan the most dangerous country in the world, as in it's a Muslim country with nuclear weapons?"

    Yes. Of the nine nuclear nations, Pakistan is the only one truly at risk of being overtaken by fanatics.

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