India, which has clear-cut evidence of Pakistani Army’s involvement in Kargil war of 1999, stands vindicated as the neighbouring country’s army chief has openly admitted the well-established fact.
This is for the first time that Pakistan has acknowledged its army’s involvement in the war against India. Earlier, it kept on insisting that the fighters involved were “mujahideen or freedom fighters” and not regular soldiers of the Pakistani Army.
Addressing an event on the occasion of Pakistan’s Defence Day in Rawalpindi, the country’s army Chief, General Asim Munir, said a number of soldiers had laid down their lives fighting wars with India in 1965, 1971 and in Kargil in 1999.
“Be it 1948, 1965, 1971, or the Kargil war of 1999, thousands of soldiers have sacrificed their lives for Pakistan and Islam,” he was quoted as saying by the media reports.
Pakistan was defeated decisively by India with India reclaiming all the areas and heights occupied by Pakistani infiltrators on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC).
The Pakistani Army had even refused to accept the bodies of its soldiers and the Indian Army had to bury several dead Pakistani soldiers after the war got over.
‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’ is commemorated on July 26 every year to mark India’s victory over Pakistan in the war.