Thar Desert
September 16, 2009 · Print
Thar Desert
In the picture, the Thar Desert, on which runs the border between India and Pakistan. Both countries have a border dispute dating back to independence and partition of the subcontinent in 1947. But in Thar tension does not reach the level it has in Kashmir. This area, in the Indian region of Rajasthan, has a sparse population and scattered. The foothills of Thar was the place chosen by India for its nuclear tests of 1998, which were condemned by the international community.
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Thematic area:
- Puri beach
- Indian Kashmir voting begins for the Assembly, with separatist boycott
- Relatives asked to investigate 1,000 unmarked graves in Indian Kashmir
- The Siachen Glacier, the highest battlefield on earth
- Kashmir, life under curfew
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