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At 75, India’s Kashmir challenge shifts foreign policy focus
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FILE- Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers patrol near the India-Pakistan border fencing at Suchet Garh in Ranbir Singh Pura, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Jan. 23, 2020. For decades, India has tried to thwart Pakistan in a protracted dispute over Kashmir. But in the last two years, policy makers in New Delhi have been increasingly turning their focus to Beijing, in a significant shift in India's foreign policy as the nation celebrates 75 years of independence. - photo by AP Photo/Channi Anand, File
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — For decades, India has tried to thwart Pakistan in a protracted dispute over Kashmir, the achingly beautiful Himalayan territory claimed by both countries but divided between them. That relentless competition made Pakistan always the focus of New Delhi’s foreign policy. But in the last two years, since a deadly border clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers in Kashmir's Ladakh region, policy makers in New Delhi have been increasingly turning their focus to Beijing, a significant shift in policy as the nation celebrates 75 years of independence.