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...Mohammad Jaffer Khan says his father?Khan's brother?never got over their separation and died heartbroken a few years back. Then, last year, the family quit their home in the valley after Indian shelling killed a cousin, blew in their windows and doors, and left their village of Chakoti a ravaged wasteland, where machine guns have raked every wall and shrapnel covers the ground. Jaffer says he hopes his father found peace in death. "We buried my father near the border," he says. "So the wind from his country will blow over his grave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Glimmer of Hope | 1/11/2004 | See Source »

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