Afghan travellers grounded amid Pakistan-India tensions

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The restrictions have forced flights that connect Afghanistan with India, a major trading partner, to double back west through Iranian airspace and then pass south of Pakistan into India

How Kashmir's "paradise on earth" became a living hellPakistan closed its airspace in February after a suicide bomber from Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed attacked a convoy in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Following the attack, both countries carried out aerial bombing missions on each other's soil and their warplanes also fought a dog fight over Kashmir.

Many Afghans seek what they see as superior medical care and university education in India. Pakistan's airspace restrictions come as land-locked Afghanistan has worked in recent years to improve trade links for its fragile economy. An official at Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority has said that airspace remained partially closed but a further decision about re-opening is required. He declined to provide details about which routes were affected.

 

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