Pakistan army ‘caught India by throat’ during Kargil war: Musharraf

Pakistan’s former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf has once again raked up the Kargil conflict masterminded by him, claiming that his armed forces had caught India “by the throat”.

He also claimed that the Pakistani armed forces had won the Kargil battle in <g data-gr-id="12">1999</g> but the then Nawaz <g data-gr-id="14">Sharif-led</g> government converted the success into a political defeat.

“I don’t think India would ever be able to forget the three-month-long battle (Kargil war) when our gallant armed forces caught them by the throat,” Musharraf said yesterday while addressing a convention of the youth wing of his party, the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML).

He said that the Pakistani armed forces had caught their Indian counterparts by surprise in Kargil.

71-year-old Musharraf, who is facing several court cases and is presently based in Karachi, said the Pakistan Army along with the second-line force had entered Kargil district of Kashmir and seized strategic positions at five locations, four of which were not even known to the Indian forces.