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Villagers On India's Border With Pakistan Fear War

The India-Pakistan border near Daoke village in Punjab -- where villagers are worried about fraying relations between the rivals (Credit: AFP)

India's Daoke village is fenced from Pakistan on three sides and 65-year-old resident Hardev Singh, who has lived through multiple wars between the arch-rivals, knows the drill if another erupts.

"All women, children, cattle and most younger men moved back to safe shelters in 1999 and 1971," Hardev said, referring to two of the worst outbreaks of fighting between the neighbours.

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