--- title: Kashmir: Thousands Flee Homes Due to Clashes on India-Pakistan Border description: Local official says around 10,000 people have abandoned their homes in the past week canonical: https://time.com/3655351/india-pakistan-kashmir-border-clashes-flee/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-06T09:17:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T03:18:48.053Z article:section: World og:title: Thousands Flee India-Pakistan Border og:description: Shelling and firing between the two countries is intensifying. og:url: https://time.com/3655351/india-pakistan-kashmir-border-clashes-flee/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a16e407cd69f332/69877850f887dc57b2e89594/india-pakistan-border-clash.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: India Kashmir Violence og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Thousands Flee India-Pakistan Border twitter:description: Shelling and firing between the two countries is intensifying. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a16e407cd69f332/69877850f887dc57b2e89594/india-pakistan-border-clash.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Thousands Flee Homes as Clashes by India-Pakistan Border Escalate by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Jan 6, 2015 9:17 AM CUT  Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers pay homage to their colleague who was killed in an India-Pakistan cross-border firing, in Jammu, India, Jan. 6, 2015. Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers pay homage to their colleague who was killed in an India-Pakistan cross-border firing, in Jammu, India, Jan. 6, 2015.Channi Anand—AP by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Jan 6, 2015 9:17 AM CUT Thousands of people living on the border between Indian and Pakistan [have fled](http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/01/06/india-pakistan-idINKBN0KF0DT20150106 "undefined") their homes in the past week, as clashes between the two countries continue to escalate. About 6,000 people in the disputed region of Kashmir abandoned their homes late Monday, joining approximately 4,000 others who had fled when skirmishes began last week, a local official told Reuters. Border clashes between the two regional rivals have intensified this year, with firefights and cross-border shelling taking place intermittently [since October](http://time.com/3489191/military-action-diplomatic-threats-between-india-and-pakistan-in-kashmir/ "undefined"). “We had a narrow escape and there is a warlike situation,” said 54-year-old Sham Kumar, a resident of Sherpur village. Kumar said he left his village following the shelling of a nearby school, about 2 miles (3 km) from the frontier. This week’s fighting has seen at least 10 casualties, including soldiers and civilians on both sides. \[[_Reuters_](http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/01/06/india-pakistan-idINKBN0KF0DT20150106 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3655351/india-pakistan-kashmir-border-clashes-flee/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3655351/india-pakistan-kashmir-border-clashes-flee/"},"headline":"Thousands Flee Homes as Clashes by India-Pakistan Border Escalate","datePublished":"2015-01-06T09:17:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:18:48.053Z","description":"Local official says around 10,000 people have abandoned their homes in the past week","url":"https://time.com/3655351/india-pakistan-kashmir-border-clashes-flee/","keywords":["Pakistan","India","border","Kashmir"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a16e407cd69f332/69877850f887dc57b2e89594/india-pakistan-border-clash.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a16e407cd69f332/69877850f887dc57b2e89594/india-pakistan-border-clash.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"India Kashmir Violence","caption":"India Kashmir Violence","creditText":"Channi Anand—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3655351/india-pakistan-kashmir-border-clashes-flee/","name":"Thousands Flee Homes as Clashes by India-Pakistan Border Escalate"}}]}] ```