An Indian army camp is pictured last month in Eastern Ladakh. “The Indian army stops us from going there,” Namgyal said, pointing to treeless, ice-streaked peaks. Armored vehicles of the Indian army are parked last month at a military camp in Eastern Ladakh. But the herders say they are the losers, caught in a conflict not of their making. However, having pulled troops back, India and China are bolstering their defense infrastructure in other ways.
