India suspends cross-border trade in Kashmir in new crackdown
Kashmir Updates - Aljazeera - April 19, 2019
Indian home ministry says armed groups were using the cross-border route to send arms, drugs and fake Indian currency.
India suspended cross-border trade with Pakistan-administered Kashmir because it was being used to funnel weapons and drugs in a further crackdown in the volatile territory.
Trade across the Line of Control (LoC) – or the heavily militarised de facto border that divides the two parts of Kashmir between India and Pakistan – has served as a confidence-building measure and to help the local population.
But tensions between India and Pakistan have been running high ever since a Pakistan-based group claimed responsibility for bombing a security convoy in Kashmir, an attack that killed more than 40 Indian troops.
Latest posts by YFK Admin (see all)
- A tribute to the Resilience of Kashmiri Women - March 8, 2024
- Cycle Rally in Islamabad to show solidarity with people of Kashmir. - February 4, 2024
- 5th February, Kashmir Solidarity Day - February 4, 2024