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Decades old land-sharing deal on a holy site between Hindus and Muslims unravels

Over five decades ago, Hindus and Muslims in northern India compromised to share land between a mosque and a temple. Now that agreement has unraveled ahead of election season.

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Diaa Hadid chiefly covers Pakistan and Afghanistan for NPR News. She is based in NPR's bureau in Islamabad. There, Hadid and her team were awarded a Murrow in 2019 for hard news for their story on why abortion rates in Pakistan are among the highest in the world.