BSF-Pakistan Rangers exchange sweets at border on Diwali
October 17th, 2009 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANSAttari (Punjab), Oct 17 (IANS) Border security officials from India and Pakistan exchanged sweets at the Attari-Wagah border joint checkpost Saturday to mark the festival of Diwali.
Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on the Indian side offered sweets to the officials of Pakistan Rangers here, 30 km from Amritsar.
Though ties between the two countries have been strained following the 26/11 Mumbai attack by Pakistani terrorists, border security officials had exchanged sweets during the Eid festival last month also.
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