Why are India and Pakistan fighting? History of war and conflict explained

Indian soldiers stand guard as a woman walks in a market in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir (Picture: AP)India launched airstrikes across nine sites in Pakistan overnight, adding to a decades-long list of military conflicts between the nuclear-armed neighbours.The attack,followed the killing of 26 men, mostly tourists, in Indian Kashmir last month by Islamist assailants that India blamed on Pakistan.The Muslim-majority Himalayan region of Kashmir is claimed by both countries, and has b