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Originally Posted by aberkok
I'm very saddened by this.
I'm hoping that this disaster will bring India and Pakistan closer together and perhaps bury the hatchet.
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from the cnn article that I read when I got up at 6 am saturday morning (and its still on the main page of
www.cnn.com now at the bottom
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Military tensions aside
Political tensions between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir region appeared to take a back seat as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called Musharraf and offered help.
The two nations have fought three wars -- two of them over Kashmir -- since independence from British rule in 1947.
"We have offered all possible assistance for rescue and relief measures," Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna told CNN from New Delhi.
Musharraf said he thanked the Indian leader for the offer. "Whatever we need, we will certainly ask," he said, though he noted that there is "a little bit of sensitivity there."
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