India, Pakistan open new round of peace talks

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NEW DELHI, Oct 18 (AFP): India and Pakistan resumed talks in New Delhi Thursday as part of their slow-moving peace process, officials said.
The Indian foreign ministry said the day-long meeting between mid-ranking diplomats would focus on reducing tensions along maritime borders and the repatriation of people inadvertently straying across land frontiers.
At present, fishermen, farmers or other people caught by Indian or Pakistani coast guards or border troops are usually suspected of being spies and can languish in prison in bureaucratic legal limbo even after serving sentences.