BHOPAL – The 1999 Kargil War was the fallout of the failure of themilitary intelligence as well as other intelligence agencies, LieutenantGeneral (retd) Mohinder Puri said Sunday while talking to a newspaper inBhopal, India.

Recalling the war, Lt. General Puri said Pakistan s aim was tointernationalise the Kashmir issue and change the alignment of the Line ofControl in the Kargil sector by opening the conflict against India.

He had headed the 8 Mountain Division during Kargil War. “The Kargil Warhappened due to the failure of intelligence agencies, including militaryintelligence,” he said.

“Pakistan also wanted to interdict a road from Srinagar to Leh thusisolating Siachen,” the Lt. General said.