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 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - India and Pakistan agreed early Sunday to open the heavily militarized frontier in the disputed Kashmir region to speed help for victims of the devastating South Asia earthquake, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said.
After more than 12 hours of talks, the two sides agreed to establish crossings at five points along the Line of Control, the cease-fire line that has divided the Himalayan region for nearly six decades as the result of the neighbors' two wars over the area.
Opening the border in predominantly Muslim Kashmir is particularly sensitive for India's government, which has been fighting a 16-year insurgency by Islamic militants who want Indian Kashmir to be independent or united with Pakistan. In the past, India has regularly blamed violence in the region on militants supported by Pakistan.
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