Why do India and Pakistan fight over Kashmir? | Start Here

India and Pakistan have been fighting over Kashmir for decades and Kashmiris on both sides of Line of Control are caught in the middle of it all. Why do India and Pakistan fight over Kashmir? And what do Kashmiris want? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains. Chapters: 00:59 - How the territory of Kashmir is divided up and who claims what 01:49 - How India and Pakistan have been fighting over Kashmir since 1947 04:56 - How fighting in Kashmir flared up in May 2025 after the Pahalgam attacks 05:40 - Tensions within Indian-administered Kashmir and the history of discontent and violence 06:47 - How India accuses Pakistan of supported armed groups in India-administered Kashmir 08:00 - Revoking Article 270 and the changes in Indian-administered Kashmir 11:18 - Divisions among Kashmiris over what they want for the region 12:15 - How Kashmiris have never properly been asked what they want for their future This episode features: Sumantra Bose | Professor of International and Comparative Politics, Krea University Hafsa Kanjwal | Associate Professor of South Asian Studies, Lafayette College Amitabh Mattoo | Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Special thanks to Alia Chughtai, Senior Producer at AJLabs, for helping and advising the Start Here team with this episode. Thanks also to the residents of Kashmir who contributed their views for this episode. You can find all Start Here episodes here: https://bit.ly/3o0BEIW Subscribe Al Jazeera so you don’t miss future episodes: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow Sandra Gathmann on Instagram and X: @SandraGathmann #India #Pakistan #KashmirConflict #KashmirDispute #LineOfControl #Article370 #JammuAndKashmir #KashmirUnrest #KashmirReferendum #OperationBunyanMarsoos #OperationSindoor #NarendraModi #ShehbazSharif #IndiaAdministeredKashmir #KashmirCrackdown #KashmirAutonomy #KashmirViolence #StartHere