Irish women cricketers attend flag-lowering ceremony at Wagah border.

LAHORE -- The visiting Irish women cricketers attended the iconic flaglowering (Beating Retreat Ceremony) ceremony here on Thursday at Pakistan-side of the Wagah border. The Irish cricketers showed keen interest in the blustering parade by the soldiers and admired the perfectly-coordinated lowering of the flags of both the countries before the sunset. During the flag-lowering ceremony, along international border separating Pakistani city Lahore and Amritsar in India, soldiers meet every evening at the border post to engage in a 30-minute display of camaraderie...

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