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Tensions are high in the disputed region of Kashmir. Weeks of protest in the Indian-administered part have left dozens dead and hundreds injured many of them blinded by crowd-control pellets fired by the Indian army. Kashmir has been a dangerous flashpoint between nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan for more than six decades. Currently a boundary \\u2013 the Line of Control \\u2013 divides the region in two and it remains one of the most heavily militarised zones in the world. In this week\\u2019s Newshour Extra, Owen Bennett Jones and his guests discuss the future of Kashmir and the options for a political resolution to the highly complex dispute over the region\\u2019s sovereignty.

Photo: Kashmiri protestors throw stones towards Indian police during clashes in Srinagar. Credit: Getty Images