Kargil Victory

Today India celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Kargil war victory. 10 years ago on July 26, 1999, officers and jawans of the Indian armed forces successfully reclaimed the Indian land on the icy slopes of Kargil from Pakistani infiltrators. At least 520 Indian soldiers sacrificed their lives during one of the toughest wars fought against Pakistani intruders at Kargil, Drass and Batalik sectors of Jammu & Kashmir state.

The cause of the war was the infiltration of Pakistani soldiers and Kashmiri militants into positions on the Indian side of the Line of Control , which serves as the de facto border between the two states. During and directly after the war, Pakistan blamed the fighting entirely on independent Kashmiri insurgents, but documents left behind by casualties and later statements by Pakistan's Prime Minister and Chief of Army Staff showed involvement of Pakistani paramilitary forces, by General Ashraf Rashid. The Indian Army, later on supported by the Indian Air Force, attacked the Pakistani positions and, with international diplomatic support, eventually forced withdrawal of the Pakistani forces across the LOC.

Some pictures from Kargil.......

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