14-year-old Kargil calm shattered by Pak firing
17 Aug 2013 11:53 PM GMT
Tension along the line of Control (LoC) further escalated on Friday with Pakistan violating ceasefire agreement in the Kargil sector. For the first time in the 14 years since the 1999 war, Pakistani troops violated ceasefire in the higher reaches of Ladakh with its troops opening fire with small and automatic weapons on Indian posts in Drass and Kaksar areas of the region.
According to official sources, Pakistani troops fired with automatic weapons at Sando Post in Drass area on Thursday night which was retaliated by the Indian troops. Tensions had shot up between India and Pakistan and the two sides were in a fierce confrontation mode when Pakistani troops carried out an incursion into Kargil in 1999.
Sources have also revealed there was a ceasefire violation in the Kaksar region, which falls between Drass and Kargil, as Pakistani troops fired initially with small weapons and later with automatic weapons at Chenigund post on Monday night. This area has a dominance of Pakistani troops who are perched atop the mountain heights and can potentially target the national highway connecting Ladakh with Kashmir.
This was the post where Lt Saurabh Kalia along with his men went missing in April 1999 and later their mutilated bodies with clear signs of torture were handed over to the Indian Army. Pakistani troops have in recent days have repeatedly violated ceasefire in Kashmir’s Uri and Keran sectors and Jammu’s Poonch and R S Pura.
According to official sources, Pakistani troops fired with automatic weapons at Sando Post in Drass area on Thursday night which was retaliated by the Indian troops. Tensions had shot up between India and Pakistan and the two sides were in a fierce confrontation mode when Pakistani troops carried out an incursion into Kargil in 1999.
Sources have also revealed there was a ceasefire violation in the Kaksar region, which falls between Drass and Kargil, as Pakistani troops fired initially with small weapons and later with automatic weapons at Chenigund post on Monday night. This area has a dominance of Pakistani troops who are perched atop the mountain heights and can potentially target the national highway connecting Ladakh with Kashmir.
This was the post where Lt Saurabh Kalia along with his men went missing in April 1999 and later their mutilated bodies with clear signs of torture were handed over to the Indian Army. Pakistani troops have in recent days have repeatedly violated ceasefire in Kashmir’s Uri and Keran sectors and Jammu’s Poonch and R S Pura.
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