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How the Wagah border post became a symbol of India-Pakistan rivalry
CNN ^ | March 1, 2019 | Jack Guy

Posted on 03/01/2019 8:34:16 AM PST by C19fan

Military tensions in the disputed region of Kashmir have erupted in recent weeks, with India and Pakistan painting different versions of events.

One thing we do know for certain is that an Indian pilot, identified as Wing Commander Abhinandan, was captured by Pakistan after his plane was shot down in a dogfight earlier this week between Pakistani and Indian warplanes over the ceasefire line in Kashmir. He was due to be handed back to India on Friday afternoon, at a famous border post in the village of Wagah. While Indian-controlled Kashmir and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir are separated by a 435-mile de facto border known as the Line of Control (LoC), Wagah village sits on the international frontier to the south between the Pakistani city of Lahore and the Indian city of Amritsar.

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1 posted on 03/01/2019 8:34:16 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Wagah?

Izzat MAGA upside down?...................


2 posted on 03/01/2019 8:45:42 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: C19fan

Need to add that to mine!


3 posted on 03/01/2019 8:48:03 AM PST by HombreSecreto (Ann Coulter - America's "Heroin Conservative")
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I didn’t know that both India and Pakistan still have an active Ministry of Silly Walks.


4 posted on 03/01/2019 9:01:10 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: C19fan

Remind me of two imitation peacocks strutting.


5 posted on 03/01/2019 9:17:38 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Looks like both sides decided to simmer down. It wouldn't have gone well for either side, or for the world when the nuke fallout spread around.

6 posted on 03/01/2019 1:46:19 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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