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Nine-year-old swept across LoC returns home, revives calls for humanitarian corridor
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Nine-year-old swept across LoC returns home, revives calls for humanitarian corridor

The Indian Express·Naveed Iqbal·26 days ago
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After efforts from local leadership -- including activist Sajjad Kargili -- the body was returned by Pakistan and he was buried in Kargil Wednesday. (Special Arrangement) The body of a nine-year-old boy from Kargil was handed over to Indian officials by Pakistan Wednesday along the Teetwal-Keran border in Kashmir, reviving calls for a “humanitarian coordination point” on the Kargil border. Zulqarnain Ali from Hunderman in Kargil had slipped and fallen into the Suru River at Kargil, which flows into Baltistan in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir Friday. After efforts from local leadership — including activist Sajjad Kargili — the body was returned by Pakistan and he was buried in Kargil Wednesday. Appreciating the humanitarian gesture, Kargili said: “Humanity must always prevail over hostility,” adding that both the Governments of India and Pakistan, particularly the Foreign Ministries and military authorities, must establish a formal meeting point at the Kargil–Kharmang border.…

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