Jammu-Srinagar Diocese has launched a project to educate young people on the need for peace on the Indian side of the India-Pakistan border where hostilities between the two countries have killed hundreds of people.
The diocese covers the entire Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir, a disputed territory between the two neighboring countries. Both India and Pakistan claim the region and each administer part.
The two nuclear-power rivals have fought at least three major wars over Kashmir. The border area is prone to occasional exchange of fire between the armies of India and Pakistan, often adversely impacting the local people living there. The region has been a sensitive issue for both India and Pakistan ever since they become two different nations in 1947 when British rule ended in the subcontinent.
