Residents were worried but life was going on in the village of some 3,000 inhabitants just 3km from the "Line of Control", the de facto border which divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan. India and Pakistan, both nuclear powers, have been fighting for seven decades over the Himalayan region of Kashmir, now one of the most militarised zones in the world. Tensions have spiralled in recent days following a suicide attack in Indian-held Kashmir that killed 41 Indian paramilitaries and was claimed by Islamist group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), based in Pakistan. We are not afraid, as we have seen Indian shelling in the past," he told AFP. The two countries should find a political solution to the Kashmir issue," said Jan Muhammad, a Kashmiri trader.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 21, 2019 15:33 UTC