India lodges strong protest with US for calling Pakistan side of Kashmir as Azad Kashmir

India lodges strong protest with US for calling Pakistan side of Kashmir as Azad Kashmir
NEW DELHI: India has lodged a strong protest with the US over the state department's "Country Report on Terrorism 2016", released on Wednesday, referring to Pakistan administrated Kashmir as "Azad Jammu & Kashmir".



The Indian government approached US authorities after the release of the report. 

An official spokesperson of the external affairs ministry told Times of India.

"The government has seen the mention of the term 'Azad Jammu & Kashmir' in the US state department's country report on terrorism for 2016. 

We have raised the matter with the US authorities and lodged our protest."

This is the first time the US has referred to Pakistan side of Kashmir as "Azad Jammu & Kashmir