India, Pakistan pledge to work for peace

The leaders of India and Pakistan have pledged to restore calm on their disputed border in Kashmir, with New Delhi demanding action before any improvement in relations.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who has advocated an end to historic tensions with India since sweeping to power in the May elections, held his first meeting with his counterpart Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the annual UN summit on Sunday.

An Indian official said the two leaders, who met for more than an hour in a New York hotel, decided to task senior military officers to "find effective means to restore the cease-fire" in divided Kashmir.