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Pakistan and India take rivalry over Himalayan region to United Nations

Pakistan's prime minister warned the U.N. General Assembly of a potential 'bloodbath' over the Jammu and Kashmir region.

Imran Khan speaks to a conference at the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin
Imran Khan speaks to a conference at the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin (AN/Stephan Röhl)

UNITED NATIONS (AN) — Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan took his nation's bitter dispute over Jammu and Kashmir to the U.N. General Assembly, accusing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of cruelty towards Muslims and warning of a potential "bloodbath" in the region.

Since gaining their independence from the British 72 years ago, nuclear-armed rivals Pakistan and India fought each other in three wars, including two for control of Jammu and Kashmir. Hindu-majority Jammu has 6 million people; Muslim-majority Kashmir has 8 million people.

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