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 ma ọ dịkarịa ala agha atọ buru ibu n'agha na 1947, 1965, na 1971. Ihe
Agha nke afọ 1971 mere ka Pakistan chịlie aka elu n'enweghị ihe ọ bụla ọ chọrọ ime, meekwa ka e nwee nkwekọrịta nke mechara mee ka mba 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.