The people of Kashmir and Palestine have suffered oppression for many decades, both starting with the British and then by India and Israel, respectively
The Israeli occupation of Palestine
Democratic countries that are committed to human rights must take decisive action to pressure India to quell its abuses and protect minority communities.
A frontier dispute between the two Asian giants turned deadly for the first time in 45 years. Observers argue the skirmish was exacerbated by Delhi’s annexation of Kashmir and Ladakh
Within India, the Bharatiya Janata Party government is stoking Islamophobia by using religion as an instrument of identity politics
With communication lines down, residents can’t call ambulances or schedule operations
A communications blackout left people worldwide worried about the fate of their relatives in an area that contains the only Muslim majority in India
While both sides have played down the threat of war, the rare aerial engagement over the disputed territory of Kashmir significantly raises the stakes
While India’s leader was retracing Gandhi’s not-so-clean footsteps in South Africa, peaceful protesters were being shot dead in Kashmir.
Hopes of finding survivors have faded as Pakistan troops desperately search for 135 people still buried in an avalanche at the Siachen Glacier.
The <em>Economist</em> has accused India of censorship after officials prevented the distribution of the latest edition because of a map of Kashmir.
In Indian Kashmir, allegiance to the rival team, Pakistan, reflects bitter feelings in the turbulent region.
Tourists are trickling back to Kashmir, despite its reputation. Ed Douglas finds it scarred but safe –and heartbreakingly beautiful.
India and Pakistan hold their first official talks since the 2008 Mumbai attacks on Thursday, a meeting that may help thaw their frigid relations.
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/ 14 October 2009
India’s home minister said on Wednesday that pre-paid cellphones may be banned in Kashmir as concerns grow that they are impossible to trace.
Kashmir’s chief minister Omar Abdullah resigned on Tuesday over what he described as "baseless" allegations that he was involved in a sex scandal.
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/ 14 December 2008
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown blamed banned Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba for last month’s deadly Mumbai attack.
Indian Kashmir was tense on Thursday after thousands of anti-India protestors poured on to the streets during the night in defiance of a curfew.
Indian security forces fired into crowds of protesters for a second day on Tuesday as they defied curfews in Indian Kashmir, killing a reported 14.
It was almost as if the last 58 years of painful separation had never happened. Some of the first 30 bus passengers for more than half a century to cross from Pakistan’s side of divided Kashmir to the Indian zone kissed the ground in what just minutes before had been alien territory.