Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Kashmir - mpaghara kachasị n'ebe ugwu ọdịda anyanwụ nke South Asia - bụ nnukwu esemokwu ókèala nke gbochiri mmekọrịta dị n'etiti India na Pakistan. Mba abụọ ahụ lụrụ ọ dịkarịa ala agha atọ buru ibu n'agha na afọ ndị sochirinụ na 1947, 1965, na
Ọ bụ n'afọ 1971. Esemokwu nke afọ 1971 mere ka Pakistan chịlie aka elu n'enweghị ihe ọ bụla ọ chọrọ, e kwekọrịtakwara ka Bangladesh nwere onwe ya. Mmekọrịta ndị agha ndị ọzọ siri ike na esemokwu gụnyere kọntaktị ndị agha na Siachen Glacier (1984) na Kargil (1999). Ihe dị ka 45.1% nke mpaghara Kashmir na-achịkwa India, nke na-ekwukwa na steeti Jammu na Kashmir dum, gụnyere ọtụtụ Jammu, Ndagwurugwu Kashmir, Ladakh, na Siachen. Nkwupụta a bụ nke Pakistan, nke na-achịkwa ihe dịka 38.2% nke mpaghara Kashmir, mpaghara a maara dị ka Azad Kashmir na Gilgit <unk> Baltistan.