Kashmir is split between nuclear rivals India and Pakistan. They have fought two wars over its control and they claim the territory in entirety.<br /><br />Anti-India sentiments run deep in the disputed majority Muslim region, where more than a dozen violent opposition groups have been fighting for Kashmir's independence from India or its merger with neighboring Pakistan since 1989.<br /><br />India accuses Pakistan of arming and training Muslim fighters. However, Islamabad denies the charge, saying it only gives moral and diplomatic support to the fighter groups.<br /><br />There is a real sense of fear that such infiltration attempts might increase in order to derail the two side from talking to each other.<br /><br />The Indian government has offered an amnesty package in order to woo back fighters who would like to come back from across the border without fear of persecution in India.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Prerna Suri reports from Sopore in Indian-administered Kashmir.<br /><br />Feb 24, 2010
