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2005-11-09 Afghanistan-Pak-India

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Posted by Seafarious 2005-11-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Caught a couple of minutes of the nightly closing of one of the Pak/India border stations.They put on quite a show.

Posted by raptor 2005-11-09 05:46|| 2005-11-09 05:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Izzat the one where they ceremoniously *slam* the gate shut? If so, yes indeed, quite entertaining, LOL!

Posted by Omolurong Spomble5401 2005-11-09 05:58|| 2005-11-09 05:58|| Front Page Top

#3 The ceremony is at the Wagah border crossing in Punjab.
Those guys aren't regular army BTW.
Indian Border Security Forces and Pakistani Rangers.

Posted by john 2005-11-09 10:56|| 2005-11-09 10:56|| Front Page Top

#4 The extent of Pakistani misrule and neglect of its part of Kashmir is coming to light

Times Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia)
November 9, 2005 Wednesday
Kashmir villagers fascinated, scared by diphtheria shots

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (CP) -- Villagers of a remote mountain community in quake-struck Pakistan were either alarmed or amused as a thin silver needle was administered to some who may have come in contact with a diphtheria patient.

"Most of them had never had an immunization or a needle before in their life, so it was quite an interesting draw for the whole village," said Warrant Officer Christine Styles, who led a small Canadian Forces medical team to the village of Bucchasyaedan, high in the Pakistan region of Kashmir.

Styles, a Whitby, Ont., native based at CFB Petawawa, led a four-person contingent of the Canadian Forces' Disaster Assistance Response Team -- DART -- to vaccinate a group of people Tuesday who had close contact with a diphtheria patient. The communicable disease can be fatal if not treated.

Styles said the small DART team was flown in by helicopter to the mountain village, and had to descend almost 6,000 metres by foot to the affected house, each carrying up to 32 kilograms of medical supplies.

The man diagnosed with diphtheria was evacuated to a hospital in Islamabad

"Everybody came to watch these needles go in and they were all very giggly, and some were crying," Styles chuckled. "It was very interesting to see grown adults who have never received a needle before."

Posted by john 2005-11-09 10:59|| 2005-11-09 10:59|| Front Page Top

#5 And of course Tetanus.

Pakistan had a stockpile of 4000 doses.

4000 for a population of 150 million people.

Posted by john 2005-11-09 11:00|| 2005-11-09 11:00|| Front Page Top

#6 SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - Two United States Black Hawk helicopters on relief missions in quake-ravaged Pakistan-administered
Kashmir strayed into the Indian zone of the divided region but were allowed to return, police said.

The two landed in Indian Kashmir close to the Line of Control, the de facto border demarcating the two zones, by mistake on Tuesday, a police officer told AFP on Wednesday.

"(The crew) was offered tea and biscuits by the army and allowed to return," he said, asking not to be named.

On Sunday a United Nations helicopter on a relief mission and carrying journalists accidentally landed on the Indian side but was allowed to return.

Posted by john 2005-11-09 15:10|| 2005-11-09 15:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Thanks again John!

Posted by Red Dog 2005-11-09 19:47|| 2005-11-09 19:47|| Front Page Top

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