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India inaugurated the 170-mile Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway in June 2025, giving Delhi year-round rail connectivity to disputed Kashmir.
WHY THIS MATTERS · This matters because two nuclear-armed rivals are now using river water as a weapon—India's suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty threatens the irrigation that feeds Pakistan's farms, and Islamabad has called any diversion an act of war.
Part of the monitored dynamic India–Pakistan Crisis · VUCA INDEX 66/100
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csmonitor.com — Aboard the train to Kashmir, a Monitor writer sees region at a crossroads
"Inaugurated last June, the 170-mile railway now provides Delhi year-round connectivity to a strategically important border region – and one with a well-documented demand for independence."
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Extracted by pipeline v0.5 (claude-opus-4-8) from csmonitor.com · approved by christopher@vucanews.com JUL 10.
Extracted JUL 9; approved JUL 10 at 0.65.
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