Voters queued outside polling stations in India's Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to vote in the first provincial election being held in a decade in the Himalayan region that has grappled with years of militant violence.

The Financial Action Task Force's mutual evaluation report on India highlights significant terrorism threats from Islamic State and Al-Qaeda-linked groups in Jammu and Kashmir. It also points out delays in prosecuting money laundering and terrorism financing cases,

India’s troubled region of Jammu and Kashmir saw a brisk turnout amid tight security as voters cast their ballots on Wednesday in the first regional legislative elections in a decade. The region, which has seen years of separatist violence and is at the centre of a dispute between India and Pakistan,