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Musharraf claims Kargil was a big success militarily for Pakistan

Islamabad, Jan 31 :  Claiming that his 1999 Kargil operation was a “big success militarily”, former President Pervez Musharraf has said that if the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had not visited the US, the

PTI Updated on: February 01, 2013 9:33 IST


The former dictator, who has been living in self-exile outside Pakistan since 2009, said the “prime consideration” for actions like the Kargil operation is security and secrecy.



“So the army leadership decides who is to be informed and when. As the operation progressed and the proper time arrived, a briefing of the corps commanders was held,” he said.

Musharraf said he was “really astonished” that Aziz was writing about the events 10 years later.

Blaming the nation at this juncture, as Aziz had done, seems to be “part of a conspiracy”, he claimed.

“It was a tactical action that had a strategic importance in which no more than a few hundred persons were involved, but which engaged thousands on the Indian side and was of tremendous importance,” he claimed.

Musharraf justified Pakistani casualties in the conflict, claiming the country lost only 270 men against India's 1,600 soldiers.








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