‘Line through our hearts’: Teetwal a Kashmir village post 75 years partition

'Line through our hearts': Teetwal a Kashmir village, 75 years after partition

By:  Fayaz Bukhari & Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam A roaring Himalayan river and one of the world’s most militarised borders separate the Khokhar family in Kashmir, a mountainous region divided between India and Pakistan – arch rivals that gained independence from Britain 75 years ago. Abdul Rashid Khokhar lives on the Indian side, in the village of Teetwal. Across the fast-flowing waters of the Neelum River, also known as the Kishanganga, his nephews – Javed Iqbal Khokhar and Muneer Hussain Khokhar – run small stores in the hamlet of Chilehana in…

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