The Train Has Reached Amritsar The Train Has Reached Amritsar The Train Has Reached Amritsar (Hindi original: "Amritsar Aa Gaya Hai") is a short story by Hindi author and playwright, Bhisham Sahni set during the Partition of India. In the story a group of refugees are travelling from what has now become Pakistan towards Amritsar, the first border town in India, and the horrors and destruction they witness on the journey. Sahni also wrote his epic novel "Tamas" (Darkness, 1974) around partition, which was later adapted to a television film, by Govind Nihalani. An English translation by Ashok Bhalla, was also part of the anthology,
Ibrahim Khalil border crossing Ibrahim Khalil border crossing Ibrahim Khalil (Arabic: ابراهيم خليل) is a border crossing point between Turkey and Iraq. It is also called the Habur Border or Frontier Gate in English. Before the control point and gate there is a bridge crossing the Khabur river, which forms the natural border between Iraq and Turkey. The crossing is located to the south of the town of Silopi. Although it is an entry point into Iraq, the crossing was controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government, which enforced its own customs and immigration policies, enforced at checkpoints manned by Kurdish Peshmerga fighters under the