KASHMIR: India and Pakistan exchanged bus passengers yesterday in joyous ceremonies on the heavily-guarded ceasefire line in divided Kashmir for the first time in almost 60 years, defying Islamic insurgents and bolstering a faltering peace process.
The bus service, a powerful symbol of the 14-month-old peace process between India and Pakistan, began under tight security following an attack on Wednesday by militants on a guest-house where passengers were being protected in Srinagar.
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