Pakistan, India in Kashmir pact to help quake victims
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) – Relief workers and earthquake survivors yesterday hailed an agreement between India and Pakistan to open their disputed border in embattled Kashmir as a breakthrough that will speed assistance to quake victims.
More ominously, a militant fighter in Pakistan’s portion of Kashmir also welcomed the opening, saying that it would make it easier for insurgents to reach targets in India.
Rashid Khalikov, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator in the quake-shattered city of Muzaffarabad, called the Pakistan-India accord “a good step in
