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India's Dangerous Move in Kashmir

India's Dangerous Move in Kashmir

JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA - JUNE 12, 2015 : Unknown Indian frontier guard. Indian Army checkpoint in Kashmir Himalayas. Kashmir became dangerous again

The Indian-administered area of Kashmir has been on lockdown since the Indian government said earlier this week that it was revoking the region of its special constitutional status.  That special status – defined by Articles 370 and 35A in the Indian constitution -  provided for the Indian-controlled state of Jammu and Kashmir to make its own laws.

The measure is likely to be challenged in court but has created new tensions between the two nuclear nations of India and Pakistan, which have held an uneasy status over the region dating back to 1947.

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