INDIA/PAKISTAN: INDIA WARNS PAKISTAN THAT IT WILL PAY A HIGH PRICE FOR ANY FURTHER INFILTRATION IN KASHMIR
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INDIA/PAKISTAN: INDIA WARNS PAKISTAN THAT IT WILL PAY A HIGH PRICE FOR ANY FURTHER INFILTRATION IN KASHMIR
- Title: INDIA/PAKISTAN: INDIA WARNS PAKISTAN THAT IT WILL PAY A HIGH PRICE FOR ANY FURTHER INFILTRATION IN KASHMIR
- Date: 22nd June 1999
- Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (JUNE 23, 1999) (ANI) WS EXTERIOR OF INDIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY MV/PAN/CU/TRACK AMMUNITION SEIZED BY INDIAN ARMY ON DISPLAY (4 SHOTS) VARIOUS UNIVERSAL MACHINE GUN AND AK-56 RIFLE ON DISPLAY (4 SHOTS)
- Embargoed: 5th December 2014 15:18
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- Location: DRASS AND KARGIL, JAMMU AND KASHMIR; NEW DELHI, INDIA/ RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN
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- Country: Pakistan India
- Topics: Conflict,General,Politics
- Reuters ID: LVADK53NNZY26JKJZA00B45GFC7G
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3
- Story Text: India has warned Pakistan that it would pay a high price for further infiltration in Kashmir.
Pressing its drive to wrest control of strategic Himalayan heights from guerrillas, New Delhi said on Wednesday (June 23) there could be no peace talks until the raiders had retreated behind the military line of control with its nuclear rival.
Indian Army Chief V.P.Malik said "Pakistan's overall military design" to sever a key road, running through northern Kashmir and overlooked by the snow-capped peaks, had been foiled.
Indian Home (Interior) Minister Lal Krishna Advani said India should be prepared for any eventuality including war with Pakistan.
Advani said the conflict, centred on Kargil in the north of the territory, was "almost like an undeclared war".
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif renewed his call for peace talks but accused India of adopting a threatening posture by amassing troops along the border.He said hopes of peace were fading.
Indian officials displayed a wide range of arms, ammunition and equipment they said was captured last week from guerrilla infiltrators in Kashmir, and held them up as proof of Pakistani involvement in their part of the disputed region.
The two nuclear-capable neighbours are conducting their fiercest military standoff over the Himalayan territory of Kashmir in almost three decades.
Last month India launched an air and ground offensive to flush out what New Delhi says are Pakistan-backed infiltrators on its side of the control line with Pakistan.
Islambad says they are Kashmiri freedom fighters opposing Indian rule. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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