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10 October 2014

Jammu & Kashmir: Dotted Line and the Blotted History


By Mazhar Iqbal 

The Line of Control (LoC) is a dotted line on the map of South Asia that bisects the Jammu and Kashmir region representing its contested status between India and Pakistan. About 800 kilometers long, the LoC, which is also known as the Ceasefire Line, originates from the river Tawi near Jammu and ends at snow-clapped mountains in Kargil.