Sun Sep 08 05:23:29 UTC 2024: – Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir acknowledged the role of Pakistani soldiers in the 1999 Kargil War against India
– This is the first time Pakistan has openly acknowledged its active participation in the war
– Previously, Pakistan had denied direct military participation, calling infiltrators “Kashmiri freedom fighters” or “mujahideen”
– The war began with a secret infiltration ordered by General Pervez Musharraf and ended with Indian forces reclaiming Kargil heights by July 26, 1999
– India lost over 500 soldiers and more than 1,300 were wounded in the conflict
– Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has claimed he was kept in the dark about the plans for the war
– The bodies of Pakistani soldiers killed in Kargil were refused by the Pakistani Army and reportedly buried by the Indian Army
– India has consistently asserted that the conflict was a direct act of aggression by the Pakistani military

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