Editing Line of Control (section)

=== Landmines and IEDs ===
Mines have been laid across the India–Pakistan border and the LoC in 1947, 1965, 1971 and 2001.{{sfnp|Jacob, The Line of Control|2018|loc=97}} The small stretch of land between the rows of fencing is mined with thousands of [[Land mine|landmines]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Umar|first=Baba|date=30 April 2011|title=Mines of war maim innocents|work=[[Tehelka]]|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=Ne3000411Mines.asp|access-date=7 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017152757/http://tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=Ne3000411Mines.asp|archive-date=17 October 2011}}</ref> During the [[2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff]] thousands of acres of land along the LoC were mined.{{sfnp|Jacob, The Line of Control|2018|loc=98}} Both civilians and military personnel on both sides have died in mine and [[improvised explosive device]] (IED)-related blasts, and many more have been injured.{{sfnp|Jacob, The Line of Control|2018|loc=98}} Between January 2000 to April 2002, 138 military personnel were killed on the Indian side.{{sfnp|Jacob, The Line of Control|2018|loc=98}}