The de facto border dividing Jammu Kashmir between India and Pakistan controlled Kashmir is one of the most militarised boundaries in the world. Tens of thousands of troops face each other across the 740km (460-mile) Line of Control (LoC).
The line has been a source of conflict for almost the entire period of existence of India and Pakistan.
The border runs over forested hills and inhospitable terrain. Defying logic in some places, the line splits villages in half and bisects mountains. Here a stream passes through the mountains.
Thousands of families live in areas along the disputed border.The prolonged and heavy militarisation of the region has wrecked people's lives and ruined the economy, as well as depriving a generation of proper education and normal upbringing.
An overwhelming majority of Kashmiris want their divided region reunited
