Pakistan on Tuesday welcomed dozens of Sikh pilgrims from India, AFP journalists noticed, within the first main crossing since Operation Sindoor. The clashes in Might closed the land border between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
Greater than 2,100 pilgrims have been granted visas to attend a 10-day pageant marking the 556th delivery anniversary of Guru Nanak, Pakistan’s Excessive Fee (embassy) in New Delhi stated final week.
Tensions stay excessive between Islamabad and New Delhi after the worst combating since 1999 occurred in Might, with greater than 70 individuals killed in missile, drone and artillery exchanges.
The Wagah-Attari border — the one energetic land crossing between the 2 nations — was closed to basic site visitors following the violence.
Pilgrims queued up on the Indian aspect of the border on Tuesday morning, some carrying their baggage on their heads, because the Indian Border Safety Pressure seemed on.
AFP journalists on the Pakistani aspect of the Wagah-Attari border noticed dozens of them getting into Pakistan.
They have been obtained by Pakistani officers who introduced them with flowers and showered them with rose petals.
