Dunya News - Pakistan returns India soldier
- 10 years ago
Pakistan has handed back an Indian soldier who was swept by a river into Pakistani-controlled territory in Kashmir.
He had crossed the Line of Control (LoC) - the de facto border dividing the disputed Kashmir region.
Satyasheel Yadav was part of a team of soldiers patrolling the Chenab river on Wednesday when the incident took place.
Relations between Pakistan and India have improved in recent months after a spike in tension last year.
Several deadly cross-border attacks in 2013 plunged the neighbours into the worst crisis in relations in years.
But in May, India's new PM Narendra Modi met his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif and they pledged to work for peace and stability.
He had crossed the Line of Control (LoC) - the de facto border dividing the disputed Kashmir region.
Satyasheel Yadav was part of a team of soldiers patrolling the Chenab river on Wednesday when the incident took place.
Relations between Pakistan and India have improved in recent months after a spike in tension last year.
Several deadly cross-border attacks in 2013 plunged the neighbours into the worst crisis in relations in years.
But in May, India's new PM Narendra Modi met his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif and they pledged to work for peace and stability.