BHOPAL (Agencies) – The 1999 Kargil War was the fallout of the failure ofthe military intelligence as well as other intelligence agencies,Lieutenant General (retd) Mohinder Puri said Sunday while talking to anewspaper in Bhopal, 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.
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“Pakistan also wanted to interdict a road from Srinagar to Leh thusisolating Siachen,” the Lt. General said.
