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RE: An International News Spotlight On The Kashmir Conflict // Part One: The Insurgency

in #politics • 8 years ago

Good post. Two things, in your opening sentence, I'd ad the year when you describe what happened in July. Its recent now, but everything becomes less timely. Also, later on, you say that Cashmer had all the elements necisary for an insurjency but don't list what those elements are As both the authors graduaded with degrees in international relations, I'd be interested to know. Hopefully this doesn't become a Syria situation.

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    Thanks so much for your advice! Great tip on adding the year.
    Also great question about the elements necessary for insurgency! I tried to include them in the post, but I did kind of spread it out. To sum up what those elements were:

    1. Kashmir is a small region with four different significant religious populations (Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, and Buddhist)
    2. India and Pakistan are essentially fighting a proxy war in the region because (and ill cover this more in depth in Part Two which I will post soon)
      a) Pakistan's entire existence is based around the fact that it is the Muslim area of what used to be British India. When India became its own country, it was agreed that Pakistan would secede from the British Raj as a Muslim State. Kashmir has a large Muslim population, and as such Pakistan claims it.
      b) India claims that Kashmir is part of India because the last king of Kashmir, Maharaja Hari Singh, signed a document stating that Kashmir would become part of India. Pakistan disputes the validity of this claim, saying that the document was signed under duress.
    3. Many people (which includes the Indian government) believe that Pakistan was/is directly funding insurgent groups in Kashmir to fight against India
    4. After the 1987 election, which many Kashmiri felt was rigged/did not reflect their desires, many Kashmiri felt that there was no longer a non-violent path to achieving their desires.

    To sum it up:

    • Kashmir is highly religiously diverse
    • The region is being fought over by two foreign powers, while many Kashmiri want independence
    • Many locals feel that the local government does not reflect their beliefs/ their desires and thus feel there is no way to express their desires through non violent channels
    • Also, ultimately, this insurgency began right after the success that Afghan insurgents had in pushing out the Russians in the 80's. Keeping in mind that Afghanistan is very close to Kashmir, it is likely that those events had a strong influence.
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