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Kargil / ˈkɑːrɡɪl / or Kargyil [4] [5] is a city in Indian-administered Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir region. [1] It is the joint capital of Ladakh, an Indian-administered union territory. It is also the headquarters of the Kargil district. It is the second-largest city in Ladakh after Leh. [6]
Jul 26, 2019 · Twenty years ago, a tactical operation ordered secretly by Pakistan's generals to occupy heights in Kargil on the Indian side flared into a war they hadn't expected. It led to defeat and...
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Apr 21, 2024 · Kargil, part of the western Ladakh region in the Zaskar Range of the Himalayas. It abuts the line of control between the portions of Kashmir administered by India and Pakistan and has been the site of border conflicts between the two countries. It was the site of the deadly Kargil War in 1999.
Kargil War, conflict in May–July 1999 between Pakistan and India in Kargil, a sector of the disputed Kashmir region located along the line of control that demarcates the Pakistan- and India-administered portions of Kashmir. The sector has often been the site of border skirmishes between the two.
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The Kargil war between May and July 1999, part of the broader conflict between India and Pakistan over the region of Kashmir, was a seminal turning point in American foreign policy with India.
Jul 26, 2019 · Twenty years ago, a tactical operation ordered secretly by Pakistan's generals to occupy heights in Kargil on the Indian side flared into a war they hadn't expected. It led to defeat and...
