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Rail Link Restored Between India, Pakistan

Saturday, February 18, 2006 7:16:45 AM

Pakistani custom officials, in white uniform, check the luggage of the passengers of the Thar Express at Zero Point railway station on the Pakistan-India border, near Khokhrapar in Pakistan's Sindh province, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2006. A second rail link between Pakistan and India was reopened Saturday, four decades after it was cut off during a war between the two South Asian rivals, an official said. (AP Photo/Adnan Ali)KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan and India on Saturday restored train service along a line that was severed during their war 40 years ago, establishing a second rail link between the two South Asian rivals.

The "Thar Express" rolled into an Indian desert town early Saturday with 200 passengers aboard, the latest step in efforts to overcome six decades of enmity.

"We have received confirmation that the train is now inside India," said Attuqur Rahman, a Pakistani railway official.


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