Kargil War

The Kargil War also known as the Operation Vijay in India,It is also sometimes referred to as Operation Vijay Kargil so as to distinguish it from Operation Vijay, the 1961 operation by the military of India that led to the capture of Goa, Daman and Diu and Anjidiv Islands. was a war fought between Indian armed forces and Pakistan Army in 1999. The Indian Air Force worked with Indian Army to remove the Pakistan Army and other soldiers from the occupied region in Kargil district.
Beginning
The cause of the war was the infiltration of Pakistani soldiers and Pakistan backed militants into areas on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) to occupy military posts vacated in the winter. India responded by launching a major military and diplomatic offensive to drive out the Pakistani infiltrators.  Reportedly, the Pakistan infiltration in the Kargil sector was reported by the local shepherds. The Indian Army launched a number of patrols to the area to estimate the extent of the infiltration. Initially, Pakistan blamed the fighting entirely on independent Kashmiri militants, but documents left behind by casualties and later statements by Pakistan's Prime Minister and Chief of Army Staff revealed involvement of Pakistani paramilitary forces, led by General Ashraf Rashid.Nawaz, Shuja, Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army, and the Wars Within, p. 420 (2007) The Indian Army, later on supported by the Indian Air Force, recaptured majority of the positions on the Indian side of the LOC within two months of the conflict that were trespass by the infiltrators, Online summary of the Book  according to official count, an estimated 75%–80% of the intruded area and nearly all high ground was back under Indian control.Kargil: where defence met diplomacy - India's then Chief of Army Staff VP Malik, expressing his views on Operation Vijay. Hosted on Daily Times; The Fate of Kashmir By Vikas Kapur and Vipin Narang  Stanford Journal of International Relations; Book review of "The Indian Army: A Brief History by Maj Gen Ian Cardozo" - Hosted on IPCS Fearing large-scale increase in seriousness in the military conflict, the international community, led by the United States, increased diplomatic pressure on Pakistan to withdraw forces from remaining Indian territory.
Faced with the possibility of international separation, the already fragile Pakistani economy was weakened further.Samina Ahmed. "Diplomatic Fiasco: Pakistan's Failure on the Diplomatic Front Nullifies its Gains on the Battlefield"  (Belfer Center for International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government) The morale of Pakistani forces after the withdrawal declined as many units of the Northern Light Infantry suffered heavy casualties.Samina Ahmed. "A Friend for all Seasons."  (Belfer Center for International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government) The Pakistani government refused to accept the dead bodies of many officers,"press release issued in New Delhi regarding bodies of two Pakistan Army Officers" which provoked anger and protests in the Northern Areas.Second-Class Citizens by M. Ilyas Khan, The Herald (Pakistan), July 2000. Online scanned version of the article (PDF)Musharraf and the truth about Kargil  - The Hindu 25 September 2006 Pakistan initially did not admitted many of its casualties, but Nawaz Sharif later said that over 4,000 Pakistani troops were killed in the operation and that Pakistan had lost the conflict. The Indian casualties during the conflict stood at 527 soldiers killed, and 1,363 wounded.

End
Pakistan lost the Kargil War. The conflict officially came to an end on July 26, with India regaining its earlier hold on Kargil.

The Kargil war is one of the most recent examples of high-altitude warfare in mountainous terrain. 
 Losses  
There number of Pakistani people who died is different in different sources. Pervez Musharraf said that 357 soldiers were killed. In early stage, the US Department of State had said about 700 people died.

According to numbers given by Nawaz Sharif, there were over 4,000 dead. His PML (N) party in its "white paper" on the war wrote that more than 3,000 soldiers, officers and mujahideens were killed.

Another big Pakistani political party, the Pakistan Peoples Party, also said that "thousands" of soldiers and irregulars died.

Indian count says that 1,042 Pakistani soldiers killed.

The official losses of India were given to be 527 dead and 1,363 wounded.

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