The LoC serves as a de facto border dividing the contested Himalayan region between India and Pakistan. There has been a surge of shelling along the LoC in recent months as tensions between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan rose. New Delhi has long accused Islamabad of supporting militant groups waging an insurgency in Kashmir. Pakistan denies the accusation, calling the uprising in Kashmir an indigenous freedom struggle. This month, India blamed postage stamps released by Pakistan depicting Kashmiri freedom struggle as part of its reason for cancelling rare talks between the neighbours in New York.

Source: The Guardian September 30, 2018 14:37 UTC