Kargil Conflict

Why roping in Army instead of IDS for joint commands is bad move

Lack of true operational jointness in the military has been the bane of India right from 1962.

Pakistan was going to deploy nuclear missiles during Kargil conflict, claims former US official

During the 1999 Kargil conflict, Pakistan was preparing its nuclear weapons for deployment, the CIA had warned then President Bill Clinton, a former top White House official said on Wednesday.

Musharraf should be tried for Kargil coup: Pak Defence Minister

Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that an inquiry should be held into the Kargil episode and a case should be filed against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf and his then colleagues for the 1999 coup.

PM to lay foundation stone for defence university on Thursday

The necessity for a defence university was first mooted by a review committee under strategic expert K Subrahmanyam that was formed after the Kargil conflict.

Musharraf crossed LoC before Kargil, spent night in India: aide

Hussain also dismissed Musharraf's recent assertion that Pakistan had lost only 270 soldiers during the Kargil conflict.