What to know about Kashmir, the Himalayan region at the heart of India-Pakistan tensions

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Open this photo in gallery: Muzaffarabad, the capital of the Pakistani-administered side of the disputed Kashmir region, on May 5.SAIYNA BASHIR/The New York Times News Service India launched attacks in the early hours of May 7 on what it said were “terrorist camps” in Pakistan, including in the disputed territory of Kashmir. The strike 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 India and Pakistan and has been the site of multiple wars, insurgency and diplomatic standoffs....