Flight Club: Pinching Pigeons On The India-Pakistan Border

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.

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