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Shahid Afridi wishes India on its independence day
Pakistan: Shahid Afridi in a tweet on Tuesday wished a Happy Independence to India.
As India celebrates its 71st Independence Day, former Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi called for “peace, tolerance and love” between the two neighbours. “Happy Independence Day India! No way to change neighbours, let’s work towards peace, tolerance and love. Let humanity prevail.# HopeNotOut,” he wrote on Twitter.
Happy Independence Day India! No way to change neighbours, let’s work towards peace, tolerance and love. Let humanity prevail.# HopeNotOut
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) August 14, 2017
Afridi has in the recent past enjoyed a cordial relationship with the Indian cricket team despite the competition on the field. In the 90s, India-Pakistan games were heated affairs with players sometimes clashing on the field. This has, however, considerably changed over the years. During the ICC Champions Trophy, which concluded in June, the teams faced each other twice but there were no signs of tension between the two, wrote the Indian Express, a newspaper based in India.
India’s relationship with Pakistan has come under considerable strain recently due to several ceasefire violations and multiple infiltration attempts from across the border. Kashmir has also been a bone of contention between the two sides.
