Sushant Singh
In the summer of 1999, Indian and Pakistani troops clashed in the heights of Kargil district in Indian-administered Kashmir. After Pakistani forces occupied Indian positions across the contested border, known as the Line of Control (LoC), India launched military operations to reclaim the posts—leading to two months of intense fighting in which more than 520 Indian soldiers and an estimated 2,000 to 4,000 Pakistani soldiers died.
U.S. President Bill Clinton ultimately brokered a tense withdrawal that restored a fragile calm along the LoC. For more than two decades, that uneasy peace was punctuated by sporadic skirmishes, but India and Pakistan have avoided outright war.
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