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The man who lost his family

How a brief war between Pakistan and India separated families for fifty years.

In 1971, a brief war between India and Pakistan over the territory of Kashmir shifted the border 6 kilometres into Pakistan's space. Four villages became part of the Indian territory, and the villagers away from home on that day were permanently split from their families. Farhat Javed of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Urdu and Aamir Peerzada of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Hindi talked to one divided family.

Image: Ghulam Qadir on the bank of the river Shyok.
Credit: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Farhat Javed

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