AMN / Attari (Amritsar)
The Border Security Force (BSF) offered sweets to its Pakistani counterparts at zero line on the Attari-Wagah border on the occasion of Republic Day today.
BSF commandant Mukund Kumar Jha gave the sweets to Pakistani Wing Commander Usman.
Personnel of BSF and Pakistan Rangers hugged and shook hands with each other besides sharing pleasantries for few minutes.
BSF commandant Mukund Kumar Jha gave the sweets to Pakistani Wing Commander Usman at zero line on the Attari-Wagah border.
Personnel of BSF and Pakistan Rangers, the neighbouring country border-guarding force, hugged and shook hands with each other besides sharing pleasantries for few minutes, officials said.
Forces on both sides also clicked photographs with each other, they added.
Sweets were also exchanged at the international border in Hussainiwala in Ferozepur and in Fazilka districts.
The BSF had refused to offer sweets to the Rangers on Republic Day last year in view of the tension between both countries due to unprovoked border firing by the Pakistan side along the international border and the LoC (Line of Control) in Jammu and Kashmir.