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July 2002 - India Special Weapons News

  • Q & A with Jaswant Singh, Indian Foreign Minister By Michael Richardson International Herald Tribune July 26, 1999 -- The nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan faced their worst crisis in 30 years this summer when armed intruders crossed from Pakistan's section of the disputed territory of Kashmir. What took place was the movement of Pakistan regular troops, not just to infiltrate, but to occupy and hold territory. I would say that a total of between 1,500 and 1,800 men were involved.
  • INDIA - PAKISTAN - KASHMIR Voice of America 26 July 1999 -- while the fighting in Kashmir has ended, tensions remain high along the Line of Control, which divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan.
  • INDIA - KASHMIR Voice of America 25 July 1999 -- The Indian Government has ordered an investigation into how Islamic fighters moved undetected into Indian Kashmir and captured high mountain peaks earlier this year.
  • INDIA / KASHMIR Voice of America 21 July 1999 -- MILITARY COMMANDERS IN NEW DELHI SAY THAT ALTHOUGH SOME ISLAMIC FIGHTERS STILL REMAIN IN INDIAN TERRITORY, INDIAN TROOPS HAVE WON A DIFFICULT VICTORY IN KASHMIR.
  • Kargil and Beyond Speech by Shri Jaswant Singh, Minister of External Affairs at the India International Centre, New Delhi - July 20, 1999 -- Kargil was a military aggression by Pakistan, with Pak army regulars. The Kargil aggression is not an extension of the problem of externally aided and abetted cross border terrorism that we have combated uptill now. It is an overspill of the 'Afghanistan' disorder syndrome'. That is also why it had to be defeated.
  • External Affairs Minister Shri Jaswant Singh's Interview with Tim Sebastian in HARD TALK Telecast on BBC July 19, 1999 -- Pakistan had entered upon military misadventure that was potched up and the Indian army drew them out of Kargil sector and thereafter when defeat was imminent and the problem was likely to intensify for Pakistan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan rushed to Washington.
  • INDIA/KASHMIR Voice of America 17 July 1999 -- INDIA SAYS ITS TROOPS WILL MAINTAIN A YEAR-ROUND PRESENCE ON THE KASHMIR MOUNTAINS WHICH HAD BEEN CAPTURED BY ISLAMIC FIGHTERS.
  • INDIA/PAKISTAN Voice of America 16 July 1999 -- INDIA HAD SET A FRIDAY DEADLINE FOR THE WITHDRAWAL, BUT LATER EXTENDED THIS TO ENABLE THE LAST FIGHTERS TO LEAVE.
  • INDIA/FIGHTING Voice of America 15 July 1999 -- INDIA SAYS ITS TROOPS HAVE REACHED THE KASHMIR BORDER IN THREE OF FOUR SECTORS WHERE ISLAMIC FIGHTERS HAD SEIZED MOUNTAIN RIDGES.
  • INDIA / KASHMIR Voice of America 14 July 1999 -- INDIAN COMMANDOES HAVE RESCUED CIVILIAN HOSTAGES TAKEN BY MUSLIM SEPARATIST MILITANTS AT A PARAMILITARY CAMP IN KASHMIR.
  • INDIA/FIGHTING Voice of America 13 July 1999 -- INDIA SAYS IT WILL ONLY CONSIDER RESUMING A DIALOGUE WITH PAKISTAN ONCE ISLAMIC FIGHTERS LEAVE ITS TERRITORY.
  • US Department of State Daily Press Briefing 13 July 1999 -- INDIA/PAKISTAN U.S. welcomes reduction in fighting following signing of agreement. U.S. urges resumption of dialogue under the Lahore Process.
  • New Delhi regarding Pakistan Prime Minister's call for dialogue July 13, 1999 -- how Pakistan's armed intrusion and aggression in the Kargil sector was a betrayal of trust. It also revealed abiding hostility.
  • New Delhi on the success of Kargil Operations July 12, 1999 -- Operation Vijay has been a resounding success. Pakistani forces have been defeated on the ground and status quo ante on the Line of Control in the Kargil sector is being restored.
  • INDIA / FIGHTING Voice of America 12 July 1999 -- FIGHTING IN KASHMIR BETWEEN INDIAN FORCES AND ISLAMIC FIGHTERS IS WINDING DOWN AS MUSLIM MILITANTS BEGIN TO WITHDRAW FROM THE HIMALAYAN REGION.
  • INDIA/FIGHTING Voice of America 11 July 1999 -- INDIA SAYS IT EXPECTS AN EARLY END TO ITS MILITARY OFFENSIVE IN KASHMIR AS TOP MILITARY COMMANDERS OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN HELD A MEETING (SUNDAY) NEAR THE KASHMIR BORDER.
  • Prime Minister's Address to the Three Service Chiefs and Army Commanders July 10, 1999 -- The enemy's intrusion and aggression in Kargil has now been decisively turned back.
  • INDIA / PAKISTAN FIGHTING Voice of America 10 July 1999 -- INDIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE NEARLY CLEARED ALL SECTORS OF INDIAN KASHMIR AND THE ARMY IS NOW CONSOLIDATING POSITIONS IT GAINED IN THE PAST 48 HOURS.
  • INDIA / PAKISTAN Voice of America 10 July 1999 -- INDIA SAYS IT HAS EVICTED MUSLIM FIGHTERS FROM ITS TERRITORY IN TWO OF THE FOUR SECTORS OF KASHMIR WHERE IT IS CONDUCTING A MILITARY OFFENSIVE AGAINST ISLAMIC FIGHTERS FROM KASHMIR.
  • KASHMIR UPDATE Voice of America 09 July 1999 -- MILITARY COMMANDERS IN INDIA SAY THEY HAVE MADE MAJOR PROGRESS IN ALL SECTORS OF INDIAN KASHMIR.
  • KASHMIR TENSIONS Voice of America 07 July 1999 -- INDIAN AUTHORITIES SAY THEY WILL KEEP FIGHTING UNTIL THE MOUNTAIN BATTLE ZONES IN KASHMIR ARE CLEARED OF WHAT THEY SAY IS A MIX OF PAKISTANI SOLDIERS AND ISLAMIC MILITANTS.
  • Prime Minister's concluding remarks at the Chief Minister's conference July 07, 1999 -- The US President Mr. Bill Clinton and the Pakistani Prime Minister Mr. Nawaz Sharif is a welcome development. I would, however, like to assure you that it does not create any scope for third-party mediation in the Kashmir issue.
  • Prime Minister's speech at the Chief Minister's conference July 07, 1999 -- The current action in Kargil sector represents a qualitatively new move by Pakistan. This time, the numbers are higher, they intruded to hold territory rather than simply to infiltrate. This is also the first time that Pakistan is holding out a military challenge to try and alter the LOC.
  • INDIA/KASHMIR Voice of America 06 July 1999 -- FIERCE FIGHTING CONTINUES IN INDIAN KASHMIR, AS INDIA SAYS THERE IS NO SIGN OF ISLAMIC FIGHTERS LEAVING ITS TERRITORY.
  • New Delhi on the US-Pakistan Joint Statement issued in Washington July 05, 1999 -- One word about the Lahore process. It is direct and bilateral. In this process, there is no place whatsoever for any third party involvement. The same is true for any other aspect of India - Pakistan relations.
  • INDIA / PAK / KASHMIR Voice of America 05 July 1999 -- INDIA SAYS IT WILL WATCH DEVELOPMENTS ON THE GROUND IN KASHMIR TO SEE IF WHAT IT CALLS -- PAKISTANI-BACKED INFILTRATORS BEGIN TO LEAVE ITS TERRITORY FOLLOWING TALKS IN WASHINGTON BETWEEN PRESIDENT CLINTON AND PAKISTAN'S PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF.
  • INDIA/KASHMIR Voice of America 04 July 1999 -- INDIA SAYS IT HAS RECAPTURED A STRATEGIC MOUNTAIN RANGE IN INDIAN KASHMIR. THE RECAPTURE OF "TIGER HILLS" CAME AFTER WHAT DEFENSE OFFICIALS DESCRIBE AS A LONG AND HARD BATTLE ON THE SUMMIT.
  • INDO / PAK / KASHMIR Voice of America 03 July 1999 -- INDIAN COMMANDERS SAY, AS THEIR TROOPS GET CLOSER TO CAPTURING BUNKERS HELD BY WHAT THEY DESCRIBE AS PAKISTANI-BACKED INFILTRATORS INSIDE INDIAN KASHMIR, FIGHTING IS INTENSIFYING.
  • INDIA / PAK / KASHMIR Voice of America 02 July 1999 -- INDIAN COMMANDERS SAY THEY HAVE CAPTURED A LARGE QUANTITY OF PAKISTANI ARMS AND AMMUNITION IN A BATTLE TO RETAKE "TIGER HILL," A STRATEGIC PEAK OVERLOOKING KASHMIR'S MAIN EAST-WEST HIGHWAY.
  • INDIA / PAK / KASHMIR Voice of America 01 July 1999 -- INDIAN ARMY TROOPS AND FIGHTER JETS LAUNCHED NEW ASSAULTS THURSDAY AGAINST POSITIONS OCCUPIED BY WHAT INDIA CALLS INFILTRATORS FROM PAKISTAN.



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