In this Thursday, Aug, 20, 2015, photo, Indian villager Pritam Lal
carries his grandson on his shoulder as he walks back to his house, near
international border of India and Pakistan in Akhnoor sector, 33
kilometers (21 miles) from Jammu, India. On the face of it these
villages in the Jammu region of Indian Kashmir seem idyllic, but over
the last two weeks these villages have been witness to an angry exchange
of fire and mortar shells between Indian and Pakistani soldiers. This
isn't the first time that these villages have borne the brunt of the
animosity between India and archrival Pakistan. And this likely won't be
the last.
