This is a special edition of the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
Hello, I'm Oliver Conway,
and in this episode we'll be exploring the relationship between India and Pakistan as tensions flare between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
I'll be joined by Arunade Mookerji in Delhi,
Farhat Javad in Mazafrabad in Pakistani-administered Kashmir,
and our chief international correspondent, Lise Doucette.
So we'll start with you, Arunade.
Why is there so much tension between India and Pakistan over Kashmir?
Well,
that's a question that we really need to go back a few decades to understand where it all began.
And it all began in 1947 when Britain, which ruled over this territory, divided up the region.
It ruled over into a Hindu majority, India, and a Muslim majority, Pakistan.
Now, at that time, Kashmir was essentially left to decide on its own where it wanted to join.
Now, initially, Kashmir wanted independence.
But then later on, the local ruler of Kashmir at that time, a Hindu,
decided to accede to India at a time when a Pakistani tribal army invaded the region.
So since then, the conflict really began.
Now, both countries, India and Pakistan, claim the territory in full, but control only in part.
They fought two wars over Kashmir.
They've also fought a limited conflict as well in 1999.