India and Pakistan open quake disaster frontier

India and Pakistan agreed today to open the heavily militarised frontier in the disputed Kashmir region to help victims of the devastating South Asia earthquake, Pakistan’s 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 ceasefire line that has divided the Himalayan region for nearly six decades as the result of the neighbours’ two wars over the area.