Several Asian airlines said on Wednesday they were re-routing or cancelling flights to and from Europe because of fighting between India and Pakistan

'In total in at six locations there were 24 impacts in Pakistan'

26 killed in Pakistan, 12 in India: reports

Here is a look at the region, its history, and why it continues to be a source of tension between the two countries

"The world cannot afford a military confrontation between India and Pakistan."

Hopes for quick end to India-Pakistan tensions

The fighting came 2 weeks after New Delhi blamed Islamabad for backing an attack in Indian-administered Kashmir

For 10 nights straight, gunfire between Indian and Pakistani soldiers has echoed from the border

Pakistan’s military said it carried out a “training launch” of a surface-to-surface missile weapons system yesterday, further heightening tensions with India after last month’s deadly attack in disputed Kashmir.

The ban applies to all products in transit from Pakistan

India and Pakistan have fought two wars over Kashmir, and countless clashes at the border over the decades.

Pakistan-administered Kashmir yesterday called on residents near the de facto border with the Indian side of the region to stockpile food as tensions flare between the arch-rivals following a deadly attack last month.

India blames Pakistan for the gun attack that killed 26 people on April 22 in Indian-administered Kashmir, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi giving his military "complete operational freedom"

This comes as tensions rise between the two nuclear-armed nations rise

Government officials and experts on both sides say India cannot stop water flows immediately

No time period was given. Government officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Some Kashmir residents have also spoken out against the move by the authorities to destroy several homes of militants' families, like that of Rifat Sheikh.

Relations between the nuclear-armed rivals plunged to their lowest level in years following Kashmir attack

Islamabad, which rejected the allegations, responded Thursday with similar tit-for-tat measures

Pakistani and Indian troops exchanged fire overnight across the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir, officials said yesterday, after the nuclear-armed nations unleashed a raft of measures against each other.