War Drums Along Pakistan-India Border Drive New Wave of Migrants
The Jammu-Kashmir region along the northern India-Pakistan border, long a sore spot in the relations between the two countries, erupted into conflict this week, with cross-border firefights between local militias unofficially supported by the two governments. Although the region had been peaceful for much of the last decade, the growing global crisis has heightened tensions between the neighboring nuclear states. Although both sides were quick to condemn the fighting, local observers claim that military personnel had been seen in recent weeks with the militias.