COVER STORY: Why the Kashmir conflict won’t go nuclear*

The Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir has been a flashpoint for hostility between India and Pakistan for more than half a century. The former princely state includes the Hindu-majority plains of Jammu, the mainly Muslim Kashmir Valley and the mainly Buddhist Ladakh area. About 12 million people live in Kashmir, of whom about 70 per cent are Muslims and the rest Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists.After the subcontinent was partitioned in August 1947, the Hindu ruler of Kashmir, facing a pro-Pakistan…

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