India attacked alleged “terrorist camps” in Pakistan’s Punjab province, including the Azad Jammu and Kashmir territory, in the early hours of May 7.
The strike came after 26 people, primarily tourists, were killed by attackers in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) last month, whom India blamed on Pakistan.
According to Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Indian missile attacks killed at least eight Pakistanis and wounded 35 more.
There have been numerous battles, independence movements, and diplomatic impasses in the Muslim-majority Himalayan region.
The following examines the area, its past, and the reasons it remains a point of contention between the two nations:
