(29 Aug 2019) Residents in villages along the highly militarised frontier in the disputed region of Kashmir say they have been living a miserable life for the past 70 years.
For decades, a separatist movement has fought Indian rule in Kashmir, which is split between Pakistan and India and is claimed entirely by both.
Tensions have soared between Pakistan and India since Aug. 5 when New Delhi revoked Muslim-majority Kashmir's decades-old special status, touching off anger among residents of Indian-controlled Kashmir and people in Pakistan.
Some 70,000 people have died in clashes between militants and civilian protesters and Indian security forces since 1989.
Most Kashmiris want either independence or a merger with Pakistan, which is India's bitter rival.
Elderly farmer, Muhammad Nazeer Minhas, from a village near Chikoti in Pakistan-administered Kashmir said they will fight for their freedom.
"We will fight for ourselves, there are no alternatives. We will fight for Kashmir's freedom and teach a lesson to India. We don't trust anyone to fight our war," he said.
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