DATE=6/13/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-250580
TITLE=INDIA / PAK / KASHMIR (S)
BYLINE=JIM TEEPLE
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE INDIAN ARMY SAYS IT HAS CAPTURED A STRATEGIC PEAK IN
KASHMIR AFTER A FIERCE BATTLE WITH WHAT INDIA CALLS
"INFILTRATORS" FROM PAKISTAN. VOA'S JIM TEEPLE REPORTS INDIA'S
PRIME MINISTER VISITED BATTLE AREAS IN KASHMIR SUNDAY JUST ONE
DAY AFTER FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM INDIA AND PAKISTAN FAILED TO
MAKE ANY PROGRESS ON HOW TO END THE KASHMIR CRISIS.
TEXT: THE INDIAN ARMY SAYS ITS TROOPS REACHED THE SUMMIT OF
TOLOLING PEAK SUNDAY AFTER POUNDING THE AREA FOR TEN HOURS WITH
12-THOUSAND ARTILLERY SHELLS.
THE FOUR-THOUSAND-FIVE HUNDRED METER PEAK OVERLOOKS THE MAIN
EAST-WEST HIGHWAY IN KASHMIR AND COMMANDERS SAY ITS CAPTURE WAS
ESSENTIAL TO THEIR EFFORT.
THE CAPTURE OF THE STRATEGIC PEAK CAME AS INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER
ATAL BEHARI VAJPAYEE VISITED INDIAN TROOPS TELLING THEM INDIA
WANTS PEACE BUT IS PREPARED FOR WAR. MR. VAJPAYEE ACCUSED
PAKISTAN OF VIOLATING THE LINE OF CONTROL -- THE CEASEFIRE LINE
WHICH DIVIDES KASHMIR -- AND HE SAYS INDIA WILL NOT REST UNTIL
ALL THE INTRUDERS ARE PUSHED OUT.
SEVERAL ARTILLERY SHELLS FIRED FROM PAKISTAN LANDED ABOUT TWO
KILOMETERS FROM WHERE THE PRIME MINISTER SPOKE ON SUNDAY. DURING
HIS VISIT TO THE KASHMIR FRONT, MR. VAJPAYEE ALSO MET WITH SOME
OF THE ESTIMATED 50 THOUSAND RESIDENTS WHO HAVE HAD TO FLEE THEIR
HOMES BECAUSE OF FIGHTING. (SIGNED)
NEB/JLT/PLM
13-Jun-99 7:18 AM EDT (1118 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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