TEETWAL, India/CHILEHANA, Pakistan ¨C A roaring Himalayan river and one of the world¡¯s most militarized borders separate the Khokhar family in Kashmir, a mountainous region divided between India and Pakistan ¡ª arch rivals that gained independence from Britain 75 years ago.
Abdul Rashid Khokhar lives on the Indian side, in the village of Teetwal.
Across the fast-flowing waters of the Neelum River, also known as the Kishanganga, his nephews ¡ª Javed Iqbal Khokhar and Muneer Hussain Khokhar ¡ª run small stores in the hamlet of Chilehana in Pakistan.
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