As far as Kargil war is concerned, Pakistan managed it quite well militarily but the Pakistani government failed to take up the issue effectively which turned out to be a political defeat for Pakistan. INDIAN INTELLIGENCE FAILURE Research and Anal...

Jun 06, 2020· The Kargil War was fought against devastatingly withering machine gun and artillery fire resulting in massive casualties. Only difference was that in the First World War the assaults were against an enemy in plains in open entrenches, whereas in the instant case the enemy was on high mountains entrenched in our own bunkers with over head protection vacated in the previous winter or ‘sanghars ...

The approach to Kargil from the Kashmir Valley winds up the steep and often precarious Zoji La, a high pass 36 kilometres long; shut through winters and excessive snow, the road is mostly rutted and in need of constant repair during summer months.

The town of Kargil is strategically located.. After the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, there had been a long period with relatively few direct armed conflicts involving the military forces of the two neighbors – notwithstanding the efforts of both nations to control the Siachen Glacier by establishing military outposts on the surrounding mountains ridges and the resulting military skirmishes in ...

Kargil conflict has its root in the past, when two agreements were signed between India and Pakistan. First military exchange between India and Pakistan over Kashmir established in 1948 having the name of …

Kargil is a town in the Kargil district and the Joint Capital of the union territory of Ladakh and is the second largest town after Leh. It is located 60 km and 204 km from Drass and Srinagar to the west respectively, 234 km from Leh to the east, 240 km from Padum to the southeast and 1,047 km from Delhi to the south. Kargil was the location of centre at the time of Ladakh wazarat till 1979 ...

The Kargil war - which began in May 1999 - lasted for more than two months before Pakistan soldiers, withdrew from the mountain tops it had occupied overlooking the Srinagar-Leh highway.