Children learn emergency drills as Kashmir tensions rise

Workers from Pakistan's Civil Defence Department give first aid training for schoolchildren as tensions rise with India over a deadly attack in disputed Kashmir. - Photo: AFP

MUZAFFARABAD, (Pakistan): School playing fields in Pakistan's Kashmir are being transformed into first aid camps for children to learn how to respond if war breaks out with India.

Wearing a protective helmet and a fluorescent vest, 13-year-old Konain Bibi listened attentively to her first aid lesson.