The outline of the events from April till August 1999 called Kargil, codenamed Koh Paima (KP), are detailed in many memoirs, newspaper reports, interviews and, of course, in the chatter of drawing rooms and academic spaces.
While Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and India’s Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee were apparently making sincere efforts to make peace between India and Pakistan, four generals of the Pakistani army—General Musharraf (Chief of Army Staff – COAS), Lt. General Mahmud Ahmad (Corps Commander 10 Corps), Lt. General Aziz (Chief of the General Staff) and Major General Javed Hasan (Commander Force Commander Northern Areas FCNA)—made a plan to advance and occupy posts, about seven kilometres inside the Indian Administered Kashmir.
These posts were traditionally vacated by the Indian troops during the winters. In April 1999, when they came back to reoccupy them, they were taken aback to see the advancement of Pakistani troops. As the posts dominated the road to Leh and Ladakh, Pakistani troops could now fire upon convoys carrying supplies to the Indian troops. For India, this was a highly threatening move.
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