Poonch, Jan 17: Life has turned full circle for many villagers whose homes virtually hug Jammu and Kashmir's porous border with Pakistan.
With the Indian and Pakistani militaries locked in fresh shelling and firing, and with tensions peaking, panic has gripped the villages, which had been breathing easy since the 2003 truce.
"They (villagers close to the border) are fearing a collapse of the ceasefire agreement (between India and Pakistan)," said a Poonch resident, Aijaz Kazmi.
Poonch town, about 250 km northwest of Jammu, is located barely 15 km from the Line of Control (LoC) that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan.
