WASHINGTON: The US State Department has removed maps of India and Pakistan from its website that it says had inaccurate depictions of divided Kashmir.

Cartographers must tread carefully in their portrayals of the Himalayan region.

India and Pakistan have fought two wars over Kashmir, and each claim the portion that the other controls.

State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Monday the India map contained inaccuracies and will be fixed. The corresponding map of Pakistan was also removed.

According to Indian media reports, New Delhi objected that all of Jammu and Kashmir was not shown as part of India. Pakistan's Embassy also took up the issue with the US Country maps on the website have little detail.

Neither the India or Pakistan maps appeared to show their respective portions of Kashmir as disputed.