Truckers stuck in middle of divide

To go with: Pakistan-India-Kashmir-crime-trade,FOCUS by Parvaiz Bukhari Stranded truck drivers from Pakistan-administered Kashmir kick around a football near their parked vehicles at the Trade Facilitation Centre at Salambad in Uri, some 115 kilometres from Srinagar, on January 21, 2014. The 49 truck drivers, grizzled bearded men from the mountains of Kashmir, were on a routine job dropping goods across the de facto border between Pakistan and India when a drugs bust left them stranded. For more than week, the men from the Pakistani side of the divided region, one of the world's most sensitive faultlines, have been stuck in a row that reflects failed attempts to boost regional ties through trade. AFP PHOTO/Rouf BHAT

SALAMABAD: The 49 truck drivers, grizzled men from the mountains of Kashmir, were on a routine job dropping goods across the de facto border between Pakistan and India when a drugs bust left them stranded.

For more than a week, the men from the Pakistani side of the divided region, one of the world’s most sensitive faultlines, have been stuck in the middle of a row that reflects the difficulty in boosting regional ties through trade.