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1971-04-14

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VIDEO: EAST PAKISTAN: TWO INDIAN BORDER GUARDS HELD BY PAKISTAN ARMY (1971)

By Reuters



Note to Editors: We apologise for the poor quality of this official film, which was received from the Asian Television Service.

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Background: The Pakistan army is holding two men of the Indian border security force, claiming that they were armed infiltrators The men, armed with the a machine gun and rifles and carrying a radio et, were caught after a skirmish near the Benapole border in Jessore, says the Pakistan government. But India has claimed the men were kidnapped.