{
  "id": "ACM-IND-KSH",
  "slug": "india-pakistan-kashmir",
  "title": "The India–Pakistan & Kashmir Conflict",
  "url": "https://armedconflicts.org/india-pakistan-kashmir.html",
  "status": "Active",
  "intensity": "Medium",
  "region": "South Asia",
  "type": "Interstate / insurgency",
  "tracked_since": "1947",
  "revision": "2026-08-05",
  "sources": [
    "ACLED",
    "UCDP",
    "CFR Global Conflict Tracker"
  ],
  "locations": [
    {
      "name": "Srinagar",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 34.0837,
      "lon": 74.7973,
      "description": "Summer capital of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.",
      "control": "Government of India, administered as a union territory since the 2019 revocation of Article 370",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker",
      "source_url": "https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflict-between-india-and-pakistan",
      "as_of": "2026-08-03"
    },
    {
      "name": "Muzaffarabad",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 34.37,
      "lon": 73.4711,
      "description": "Capital of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir.",
      "control": "Government of Pakistan, as capital of Azad Jammu and Kashmir",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker",
      "source_url": "https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflict-between-india-and-pakistan",
      "as_of": "2026-08-03"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jammu",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 32.7266,
      "lon": 74.857,
      "description": "Winter capital of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, south of the Kashmir Valley."
    },
    {
      "name": "Line of Control",
      "type": "border",
      "lat": 34.0,
      "lon": 74.3,
      "description": "De facto military boundary dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan, established under the 1972 Simla Agreement."
    },
    {
      "name": "Pahalgam",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 34.0161,
      "lon": 75.3193,
      "description": "Southern Kashmir town near which an April 2025 militant attack on tourists triggered the most serious India-Pakistan military confrontation since 2019."
    },
    {
      "name": "Gilgit",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 35.9208,
      "lon": 74.3144,
      "description": "Capital of Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan, a mountainous northern region bordering China."
    },
    {
      "name": "Siachen Glacier",
      "type": "region",
      "lat": 35.5,
      "lon": 77.0,
      "description": "High-altitude glacier in eastern Kashmir disputed between India and Pakistan, site of the world's highest-altitude military standoff."
    },
    {
      "name": "Kargil",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 34.5539,
      "lon": 76.1313,
      "description": "Ladakh town near the Line of Control, site of the 1999 Kargil War between India and Pakistan."
    }
  ],
  "revision_history": [
    {
      "date": "2026-08-05",
      "change": "Headlines refreshed",
      "source": "News feed"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-03",
      "change": "Srinagar control updated",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-03",
      "change": "Muzaffarabad control updated",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker"
    }
  ]
}