Clashes Over Kashmir

March 18 2019

​​ On Feb. 28, Indian and Pakistani jets clashed over the disputed Kashmir region. An Indian MiG-21 fighter was shot down during the confrontation. Here, a Pakistani soldier stands guard over the wreckage of the jet in Hurran, near the line of control in Pakistani Kashmir. The pilot was captured and returned unharmed to India on March 1 in a "peace gesture." Tensions escalated after militants killed dozens of Indian paramilitaries in a suicide  bombing on Feb. 14 and a...

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