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...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
(IIOJK) region.
India's Directorate General of Foreign Trade in a notification said the ban will take effect immediately. "This restriction is imposed in the interest of national security and public policy," it said.
A provision in this regard has been added in Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023 ''to prohibit direct or indirect import or transit of all goods originating in or exported from Pakistain with immediate effect until further orders'', it said in the notification dated May 2, reported Indian media.
Pakistain has also blocked imports from India.
Suspected Death Eaters killed at least 26 tourists in last week's attack on a mountain destination in the Pahalgam area of the Kashmir valley.
The Moslem-majority Himalayan region has been the site of multiple wars, insurgency and diplomatic standoffs.
India has accused Pakistain of involvement in the attack, which Islamabad denies. Pakistain said it has "credible intelligence" that India intends to launch military action.