Kargil war By Air & Sea - NDTV special documentary Episode 2 of 2

The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict,was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LOC). The cause of the war was the infiltration of Pakistani soldiers and Kashmiri militants into positions on the Indian side of the LOC, which serves as the de facto border between the two states. During the initial stages of 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, led by General Ashraf Rashid. The Indian Army, later on supported by the Indian Air Force, recaptured a majority of the positions on the Indian side of the LoC infiltrated by the Pakistani troops and militants. With international diplomatic opposition, the Pakistani forces were forced to withdraw from Indian positions along the LOC.

The war is one of the most recent examples of high altitude warfare in mountainous terrain, which posed significant logistical problems for the combating sides. This was only the second direct ground war between any two countries after they had developed nuclear weapons, after the Sino-Soviet border conflict of 1969; it is also the most recent. (India and Pakistan both test-detonated fission devices in May 1998, though the first Indian nuclear test was conducted in 1974.) The conflict led to heightened tension between the two nations and increased defence spending by India.

Faced with the possibility of international isolation, the already fragile Pakistani economy was weakened further. The morale of Pakistani forces after the withdrawal declined as many units of the Northern Light Infantry suffered heavy casualties. The government refused to accept the dead bodies of many officers, an issue that provoked outrage and protests in the Northern Areas. Pakistan initially did not acknowledge many of its casualties, but Sharif later said that over 4,000 Pakistani troops were killed in the operation and that Pakistan had lost the conflict. Responding to this, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said, "It hurts me when an ex-premier undermines his own forces," and claimed that Indian casualties were more than that of Pakistan.

The Indian Navy also readied itself for an attempted blockade of Pakistani ports (primarily Karachi port) to cut off supply routes. Later, the then-Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif disclosed that Pakistan was left with just six days of fuel to sustain itself if a full-fledged war had broken out

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[waqasalikhanrajput]

What stupid war yaar, at the end of the day humans died... stupid. This should not be glorified. We should learn from this and never do it again. I mean when you go abroad we all live like brothers. Here, we fight like idiots.

[utubekhiladi]

@waqasalikhanrajput

i wish every body (specially your gov) thinks in that way.

[utubekhiladi]

@KASHMIRI7864LYFE

lol. we have more nuclear warheads than you do and we can launch nuclear missiles from air, land, sea and under the sea and from space in the future. we call it as a second and third strike option. lol. you porkis can launch nuclear only from land :( no wonder why porkistan is in top 10 failed state. keep believing in fairy tales and soon you guys will over take Somalia.

[trbnair]

@waqasalikhanrajput

We Indians are not considering pakis as humen being.. they deserve death.. No.. I do not consider any pakistani as my freinds.. they speak only about Islam.. not about human kind.., they are cheaters by nature..It is the only country which spread terorrism across the world.. Pakistan is the hub for all terrorists activities.. and its palnning.. ISI they are intolerent..

[utubekhiladi]

@Dholbajale

dreams of beggars-only if pigs can fly; i will personally shove one of your own nuke into your moma's pussy until she gets orgasm. i will record that video and upload it to my own channel so that you and your daddy can masterbaute watching the video. also i will send you any ad revenue that i make out of it to you so that you can buy your next meal now goback to your mommy before taliban explodes explodes bombs and grills another dozen of pathetic low life piglets born to beggars

[Dholbajale]

@bharatvasi1 Get angry, we will inplant 200 of our nukes on every inch of your land and pretty sure we can turn each and every inch of india into waste land if india also returns the favour by doing the same guess what PAKISTAN WINS because the kill ratio would be 5:1 for one pakistani 5 indians will die!!!! More economic loss, more military loss, more land tunred to waste and the best of all no hindu country left where as still many muslim nations would remain! OUR NUKES ARE YOUR WORST FEAR

[alikos88]

@waqasalikhanrajput

well put rajput...I am a muslim but I believe in the buddhist saying "were all children of this planet earth"

[sukh151011]

KILL MUSLIMS SAVE WORLD

[AmericanAirlinesRule]

@akshai1993 I hope India wipes Pakistan off the map!

[santosh949]

it was win of BJP...

[aceaceshuk]

@waqasalikhanrajput : Bull shit. Why do you think everyones behaves well in foreign counteries, because they cant afford to behave badly. You cant take away the basic hatred toward each other. You are right dumass PAKISTAN should as you say "learn from this and never do it again".

[amirzubairmughal]

@akshai1993 ,cootia kitny attacks karnay hongay ,, kargill kiya ka shayed tum gharat khaoo and will start full flash war ,, then mumbai attacks but again you did not attacks on uss ,, why ? how u will ? if really you want fight then you had many chances why you missed .. sirf bhoonktay rehtay hoo

[amirzubairmughal]

pakistani Air force did not took part in kargil nor navey ,,but only army ,, and they get down many Indian Mig and hilecopters and mans , a lesson

[mkureel]

my request to all Indians.........plz stop killing Pakis..they r a en_dangerous species on the earth now...Pakis had died in large numbers from the hands of Indians in every battles they have fought with India...like that they will be exist from earth if their mass killing would not stop.