Nation accepts €4m in aid from feuding neighbour

PAKISTAN has accepted €4 million in aid from India for flood victims, a rare expression of goodwill between the feuding neighbours at a time when Pakistan is reeling from one of its worst ever natural disasters.

The floods have affected about one-fifth of Pakistan’s territory, straining its civilian government as it also struggles against al-Qaida and Taliban violence.

At least six million people have been made homeless and the economic cost is expected to run into the billions.