The fence has divided numerous border villages and confined thousands of villagers to a precarious life between the actual Line of Control and the fence.
A landmark in this targeting of media independence was reached with the blackout implemented by the media itself on the story of 34 Kurdish villagers killed by Turkish fighter jets in the Iraqi border village of Uludere/Roboski in late 2011.
Local residents reported heavy shelling near the Pakistani border, and villagers took shelter in underground bunkers used during previous violations of the cease-fire along the Line of Control.
On Sunday, insurgents attacked two villages in the north of Cameroon, near the Nigerian border, decapitating three villagers.
In Hidalgo, Mexico, there's an attraction where visitors can experience the thrills and spills of attempting an illicit crossing into the US border, with costumed villagers playing everyone from blank-firing border patrol agents to coyotes.
On the Thai side of the border, approximately 27,000 villagers have been moved to 28 evacuation centres.
Songs in his set urged Africans to work together across borders, praised courageous villagers and sympathized with African immigrants abroad.
"Everyone supports the Taliban on both sides of the border," one of the villagers we spoke with said.
Last month its sent some 2,000 policemen to its border with Colombia after villagers there fled FARC guerrillas who had been using the area to get supplies and have a rest.
Last year, a private survey found that 60percentt of hill tribe children had suffered from fever in the previous two weeks, said Dr. Prudence Hamade, a doctor with Health Unlimited, a British medical group that works with the poorest and most remote villagers in border areas.
