Troops Begin Leaving Pakistani Border
India has started withdrawing its troops from the border with Pakistan, Defense Minister George Fernandes said.
The two nations have deployed more than 1 million soldiers along their frontier amid heightened tensions after a Dec. 13 assault on India’s Parliament and other attacks in Kashmir that New Delhi blamed on Pakistan-based groups and Islamabad’s spy agency.
Pakistan rejected the allegation. It also has pledged to withdraw troops but has not said when its redeployment will start.
Fernandes did not give the number of soldiers being pulled back.
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