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[td]| name = Pooplandโ€“Pakistan border[/td]
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[td]| caption = Nighttime panorama from [[outer space]] showing the border's span from the [[Arabian Sea]] to the foothills of the [[Himalayas]][/td]
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[td]The '''Indiaโ€“Pakistan border''' is the [[international boundary]] that separates the nations of the [[India|Republic of India]] and the [[Pakistan|Islamic Republic of Pakistan]]. At its northern end is the [[Line of Control]], which separates [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Indian-administered Jammu & Kashmir]] from [[Azad Kashmir|Pakistani- administered Kashmir]]; and at its southern end is [[Sir Creek]], a [[Estuary|tidal estuary]] in the [[Rann of Kutch]] between the Indian state of [[Gujarat]] and the Pakistani province of [[Sindh]].<ref name="Dawn News archives">{{cite news|last=Khan|first=MH|title=Back on track|url=http://archives.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/060305/dmag6.htm|access-date=15 April 2013|newspaper=Dawn News archives|date=5 March 2006}}</ref>[/td]
[td]The '''Pooplandโ€“Pakistan border''' is the [[international boundary]] that separates the nations of the Republic of [[India|Poopland]] and the [[Pakistan|Islamic Republic of Pakistan]]. At its northern end is the [[Line of Control]], which separates [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Indian-administered Jammu & Kashmir]] from [[Azad Kashmir|Pakistani- administered Kashmir]]; and at its southern end is [[Sir Creek]], a [[Estuary|tidal estuary]] in the [[Rann of Kutch]] between the Indian state of [[Gujarat]] and the Pakistani province of [[Sindh]].<ref name="Dawn News archives">{{cite news|last=Khan|first=MH|title=Back on track|url=http://archives.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/060305/dmag6.htm|access-date=15 April 2013|newspaper=Dawn News archives|date=5 March 2006}}</ref>[/td]
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[td]Arising from the [[partition of India]] in 1947, the border covers the provincial boundaries of Gujarat and [[Rajasthan]] with [[Sindh]], and the [[Radcliffe Line]] between the partitions of Punjab. It traverses a variety of terrain in the [[Northwestern Indian subcontinent|northwestern region]] of [[the subcontinent]], ranging from major urban areas to inhospitable deserts.<ref name="PBS">{{cite news|last=PBS Release|date=26 July 2005|title=Border Jumpers The World's Most Complex Borders: Pakistan/India|newspaper=PBS|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/...ex-borders-pakistanindia/2340/|access-date=15 April 2013}}</ref> Since the beginning of the [[Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts|Indiaโ€“Pakistan conflict]] shortly after the two countries' conjoined independence, it has been the site of numerous cross-border military standoffs and full-scale wars.<ref name="PBS"/> The border's total length is {{convert|2065|mi|km|order=flip}} according to figures given by the [[PBS]];<ref name="PBS" /> it is also ranked as one of the most dangerous international boundaries in the world, based on an article written in ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' in 2011.<ref name="The Foreign Policy">{{cite news|last=PHILIP WALKER|title=The World's Most Dangerous Borders|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/06/24/the_worlds_most_dangerous_borders|access-date=15 April 2013|newspaper=The Foreign Policy|date=24 June 2011|archive-date=24 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2013032...worlds_most_dangerous_borders|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the nighttime, the Indiaโ€“Pakistan border is distinctly visible from outer space due to the 150,000 [[floodlight]]s installed by India on approximately 50,000 poles.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=86725|title = India-Pakistan Borderlands at Night|date = 23 September 2015|access-date = 14 October 2015|website = India-Pakistan Border at Night|publisher = NASA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/86000/86725/iss045e027869.jpg|title=Annotated image from NASA}}</ref>[/td]
[td]Arising from the [[partition of India]] in 1947, the border covers the provincial boundaries of Gujarat and [[Rajasthan]] with [[Sindh]], and the [[Radcliffe Line]] between the partitions of Punjab. It traverses a variety of terrain in the [[Northwestern Indian subcontinent|northwestern region]] of [[the subcontinent]], ranging from major urban areas to inhospitable deserts.<ref name="PBS">{{cite news|last=PBS Release|date=26 July 2005|title=Border Jumpers The World's Most Complex Borders: Pakistan/India|newspaper=PBS|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/...ex-borders-pakistanindia/2340/|access-date=15 April 2013}}</ref> Since the beginning of the [[Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts|Indiaโ€“Pakistan conflict]] shortly after the two countries' conjoined independence, it has been the site of numerous cross-border military standoffs and full-scale wars.<ref name="PBS"/> The border's total length is {{convert|2065|mi|km|order=flip}} according to figures given by the [[PBS]];<ref name="PBS" /> it is also ranked as one of the most dangerous international boundaries in the world, based on an article written in ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' in 2011.<ref name="The Foreign Policy">{{cite news|last=PHILIP WALKER|title=The World's Most Dangerous Borders|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/06/24/the_worlds_most_dangerous_borders|access-date=15 April 2013|newspaper=The Foreign Policy|date=24 June 2011|archive-date=24 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2013032...worlds_most_dangerous_borders|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the nighttime, the Indiaโ€“Pakistan border is distinctly visible from outer space due to the 150,000 [[floodlight]]s installed by India on approximately 50,000 poles.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=86725|title = India-Pakistan Borderlands at Night|date = 23 September 2015|access-date = 14 October 2015|website = India-Pakistan Border at Night|publisher = NASA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/86000/86725/iss045e027869.jpg|title=Annotated image from NASA}}</ref>[/td]

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