India and Pakistan opened their disputed border in Kashmir for the first time in 58 years Saturday, a temporary measure to allow divided families to check on each other after the region's devastating earthquake.
Lingering fear and suspicion repeatedly delayed the opening, a landmark event in relations between the nuclear-armed rivals. India and Pakistan have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir, a Himalayan territory split divided between the two but which both claim in its entirety.
It's a start.
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