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Jammu And Kasmir
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What are they doing in India???

Braving terror threats, Kashmiris bridge the divide

Indo-Asian News Service

Srinagar, April 7, 2005|18:27 IST

Braving death threats, emotional but joyous Kashmiris on Thursday crossed a historic land bridge in Kashmir to herald the launch of an epoch-making bus service between India and Pakistan.

A day after terrorists carried out a challenging attack in Srinagar in an attempt to derail the land link, a white luxurious bus pulled out of the Sher-e-Kashmir sports stadium with 21 men and women after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ceremonially flagged it off.

A short time later, another luxury bus, this one painted in merging green and yellow, started its journey from Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistani occupied Kashmir, becoming the first to reach the Line of Control (LoC). Srinagar is separated from Muzaffarabad by 172 km.

At the border, with prayers on their lips, the men and women crossed a freshly done up bridge, becoming the first Kashmiris in over five decades to legally set foot on each other's soil after taking a bus through winding mountain routes.

The passengers became visibly emotional as Indian and Pakistani officials greeted them with bouquets. An elderly woman from Pakistan in a wheel chair had moist eyes while the younger ones waved to television cameras wildly.

The passengers crossed the bridge after customs and immigration formalities and got into the buses of each other countries, for their onward journey to Srinagar and Muzaffarabad.

"It is a great day for Kashmir," said National Conference president Omar Abdullah, one of the VIPs who witnessed the bus launch in the company of the Prime Minister, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed.

The young Abdullah's comments reflected a widely held opinion on both sides of the border of Kashmir.


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