India, Pakistan Border Chiefs Discuss Kashmir

The heads of India's and Pakistan's security forces are due to hold talks aimed at reducing tensions along their disputed Kashmir border. The discussions come about two weeks after high level peace talks between the nuclear-armed rivals collapsed.

A 16-member delegation of the Pakistan Rangers led by Director General Umar Farooq Burki was welcomed at the Wagah border by India's Border Security Force (BSF) before heading to New Delhi, where the two sides will sit down for discussions starting Thursday.

A statement by the BSF said that the talks will focus on “positive measures” such as more simultaneous coordinated patrolling along the Kashmir border and other confidence building measures.

The main issue on the table is a flare-up in incidents of cross border firing that have killed and wounded scores of civilians and soldiers on both sides of Kashmir, which is divided between the two countries.

The firing by border troops on the two sides has escalated amid rising tensions and both countries blame each other for the cease-fire violations...
  voanews.com
9/9/15
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