India orders border demolitions as India–Pakistan tensions simmer
India's interior minister ordered the demolition of unauthorised buildings within 15km of the Pakistan border and a 'zero-tolerance' crackdown on infiltration, a year after the neighbours' worst conflict in decades.
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India presents the border demolitions and zero-tolerance policy as necessary security against infiltration, smuggling and terror financing along a tense frontier.
Pakistani coverage frames the drive amid simmering tensions a year after the 2025 war, noting the human cost of demolitions and growing voices — even in Indian-administered Kashmir — calling for dialogue over confrontation.
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