India and Pakistan have been fighting over Kashmir for more than 70 years. In February the tensions reached the highest they’ve been in decades. How did one of the most beautiful areas in the world turn so ugly? Lou explains the roots of the conflict and whether the people of Kashmir will ever see peace.

SOURCES & FURTHER READING

Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace - Sumantra Bose
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674018174

UN Peacekeeping on India-Pakistan
https://peacekeeping.un.org/mission/past/unipombackgr.html

Alyssa Ayres on the Kashmir bombing
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/15/opinions/kashmir-bombing-america-needs-to-get-tougher-on-pakistan-ayres/index.html

The rigged 1987 Kashmir elections
https://caravanmagazine.in/vantage/mufti-mohammad-sayeed-shaped-1987-kashmir-elections

Why the Pakistan-Terrorist Nexus Persists
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/pakistan-india-conflict-taliban-terrorism-by-brahma-chellaney-2019-03

UN on human rights abuses in Jammu & Kashmir
https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/IN/DevelopmentsInKashmirJune2016ToApril2018.pdf


CREDITS
Writer: Louis Foglia
Editor: m.cho
Researcher: Dushyant Naresh
Supervising Producer: Allison Brown

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