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Places in News – Shaksgam Valley
Context :
China illegally carrying out construction activities in the Shaksgam valley.
More on News :
- Chinese-built road has breached the border at Aghil Pass (4805 m).
- It enters the lower Shaksgam valley of Kashmir, with the road-head now less than 30 miles from Siachen.
Shaksgam Valley :
- It is a tract, spread over about 5,300 square kilometres.
- The Shaksgam Valley is part of the Hunza-Gilgit region of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. It is a territory claimed by India but controlled by Pakistan.
- It was captured by Pakistan in the 1947 war between India-Pakistan.
- Pakistan handed over to China under Article VI of the Pakistan China Boundary Agreement.
Aghil Pass –
Connects Ladakh region of India (Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan administered Kashmir) with the Xinjiang Province of China.
