In this Friday, August 9, 2019, file photo, Pakistan Rangers soldiers face Indian Border Security Force soldiers at a daily closing ceremony on the Indian side of the Attari-Wagah border. India's recent clampdown has a long history in Kashmir and the conflict has existed since the late 1940s, when India and Pakistan won independence from the British empire and began fighting over rival claims to the Muslim-majority territory. India and Pakistan have fought two of their three subsequent wars over Kashmir, and each administers a portion of the region. India has long seen the Kashmiri struggle for self-determination as Islamabad's proxy war against New Delhi. (Photo by Prabhjot Gill/AP Photo/File)

An Indian Paramilitary soldier stands guard during snowfall in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 05 January 2021. Kashmir continues to witness medium to the heavy snowfall across all the areas for the third consecutive day, while traffic on the 300-kilometer long Srinagar-Jammu highway continues to be halted for the third day, the air traffic has also remained disturbed for the last two days with the majority of flights getting cancelled. The weather department has issued a weather advisory to hilly areas that is prone to avalanches. The department has also predicted moderate to heavy snowfall for next two days. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA/EFE)

A monkey drinks water from a tap on a hot afternoon in Jammu, the winter capital Kashmir, India, 17 May 2016. Temperatures of around 42 degrees Celsius were forecast in the region. According to the news reports the Indian government decided to divert water by its river interlinking plans from rivers like Brahmaputra and the Ganges towards those rivers facing the drought likesituation . Many Indian states have been affected by drought and have been hit hard by water scarcity. (Photo by Jaipal Singh/EPA)

An Indian Sikh devotee spits fire as he performs during religious procession ahead of the birth anniversary of the first Sikh Guru or master, Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism, in Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir, India, 21 November 2018. The birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji will be observed on 23 November 2018. (Photo by Jaipal Singh/EPA/EFE)

Migrants try to board an overcrowded train as they leave the city at the Jammu Tawi railway station in Jammu on May 10, 2025, amid the ongoing border tensions between India and Pakistan after the Kashmir tourist attack. Pakistan and India on May 10 stepped up missile, drone and artillery attacks in a fourth straight day of conflict, as the US urged both sides to restore dialogue to “avoid miscalculation”. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)

A Kashmiri Muslim girl reacts to camera as she attends recitation classes of the holy Quran during the fasting month of Ramadan in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, March 26, 2023. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan, where they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)

Indian tourists walks during heavy snowfall by Dal Lake in Srinagar on January 6, 2017. The sub-zero temperatures has frozen many water bodies in Kashmir and even drinking water taps have frozen at some places. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)

A roadside vendor selling apples is seen through a plastic sheet that he uses to cover himself from rain, in Srinagar, Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir on November 14, 2018. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)