Pakistan insists it was not involved in the April 22 killings of 26 mainly Hindu men, but Indian PM Narendra Modi has vowed to respond.
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00:00In the skies above the bunkers where Indian and Pakistani soldiers trade gunfire,
00:21masters of an ancient sport beloved on both sides sneak to snatched price pigeons from the other.
00:27Indian breeder Piara Singh spends his days trying to lure Pakistani birds from across the Himalayan valley
00:33and guard against drivers weighing his flock.
00:53Keepers say capturing a pigeon is a skill,
00:56using water, grain and their own flock to lure the stray birds into the fold.
01:01The skill of Kabutarbazi pigeon frying stretches back centuries,
01:05fraddling a border created at the violent end of British imperial rule in 1947.
01:10Indian keepers like Singh say their Pakistani counterparts rear better and stronger birds,
01:15explaining the buzz in catching their pigeons.
01:18They are so interesting to see their birds.
01:20They are so big and they are so normal.
01:23They are so good in the world.
01:25They are so good in the world.
01:27They make good birds in Pakistan.
01:29One person is so good and the other person is so good.
01:32They are so good in Pakistan.
01:34They are so good in Pakistan.
01:36Keepers guide the flight of their flock with whistles to provide a swirling spectacle.
02:05Others race them, timing their flight home or simply find peace in their graceful colorations
02:10and gentle coos.
02:12And the villagers said that they are treasured possession and further said that Indian pigeons
02:17also fly there.
02:18The teenagers started breeding pigeons four years ago after watching another local fancier,
02:25catching a bird.
02:26The teenagers started breeding pigeons four years ago after watching another local fancier
02:30catch a bird.
02:32An attack in Kashmir last month that New Delhi blames on Islamabad has sparked fears of
02:39renewed conflict between the Nugra armed archivals.
02:40Pakistan insisted it was not involved in the April 22 killing of 27 people.
02:44The teenagers started breeding pigeons four years ago after watching another local fancier
02:48catch a bird.
02:49An attack in Kashmir last month that New Delhi blames on Islamabad has sparked fears of renewed
03:02conflict between the Nugra armed archivals.
03:04Pakistan insisted it was not involved in the April 22 killing of 26 mainly Hindu men but Indian
03:11Prime Minister Nehendra Modi has vowed to respond.
03:13.
03:14.