The Most Militarised Place On Earth Is Ignored

Kashmir. A valley tucked into the Himalayas. The Mughal Emperor Jahangir said: if there is a paradise on earth , it is this. This paradise is the most heavily militarised place on Earth. Army camps, checkpoints, bunkers, interrogation centers, and surveillance towers. Three nuclear powers converge on this valley. India and Pakistan have fought three wars over it. Both claim this entire region and criminalise those that deny their claim. They were bombing each other there just last year. The death toll here is in the tens of thousands and yet it rarely reaches international headlines. Millions of people live here. Being shot at. Disappeared. Spied on. Threatened with “The Israeli model”. This is Kashmir. This is what India doesn't want you to see.