Kammala wannan jumlar: Kashmir - yankin arewa maso yammacin Kudancin Asiya - babbar takaddama ce ta yanki wanda ya kawo cikas ga alaƙar da ke tsakanin Indiya da Pakistan. Kasashen biyu sun yi yaƙi aƙalla manyan yaƙe-yaƙe uku na yau da kullun a cikin shekaru masu zuwa a cikin 1947, 1965, da 1971. Ƙungiyar
rikicin a 1971 ya shaida Pakistan ta mika wuya ba tare da wani sharadi ba kuma wata yarjejeniya wadda ta haifar da 'yancin kai na Bangladesh. Sauran manyan rikice-rikicen soja da rikice-rikice sun haɗa da hulɗar da aka yi a Siachen Glacier (1984) da Kargil (1999). Kimanin kashi 45.1% na yankin Kashmir yana ƙarƙashin ikon Indiya, wanda kuma ke da'awar duk jihar Jammu da Kashmir, gami da yawancin Jammu, kwarin Kashmir, Ladakh, da Siachen. Pakistan ta yi jayayya da wannan da'awar, wacce ke sarrafa kusan kashi 38.2% na yankin Kashmir, wani yanki da aka sani da Azad Kashmir da Gilgit <unk> Baltistan.