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Retreat ceremony unaffected by border tensions

Attari (Punjab), Jan 12: It's a military ceremony that never fails to arouse nationalist emotions as Indian and Pakistani flags are lowered at sunset at the Attari-Wagah border gates amid much pomp and jingoism. And

IANS Published : Jan 12, 2013 16:10 IST, Updated : Jan 12, 2013 18:02 IST


However, the movement of trucks and the cross-border bus service have been impacted at the Rawalkote crossing in Jammu to the south.



In sum, the border guards of both the countries are giving the impression that things are absolutely normal at Attari-Wagah.

This was also so when the two countries almost came to war in the wake of the December 13, 2001, attack on the Indian parliament that New Delhi has blamed on Islamabad - and before that during the 1999 Kargil war.

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