NEW DELHI — India and Pakistan on Friday agreed to resolve complaints of harassment of diplomats based in the capital of each nation to ease tensions between the long-time rivals. The agreement came within weeks of Pakistan calling its top diplomat in India back home for consultations after allegations of harassment of Pakistani diplomatic staff by intelligence agencies in New Delhi. The move came after India asked two top intelligence officials working at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi to return to their country. India and Pakistan have fought three wars, two of them over control of Kashmir, since British colonialists granted them independence in 1947. India accuses Pakistan of arming and training insurgents fighting for Kashmir’s independence from India or its merger with Pakistan — a claim Islamabad denies.

Source: National Post March 30, 2018 16:55 UTC