27/07/2024
Kargil, Jul 26: Against the backdrop of a surge in terror attacks in Jammu region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday issued a stern warning to Pakistan, asserting that cross-border terrorism will be crushed with full force and the enemy given a befitting reply.
Modi chose to send the tough message to Pakistan from Kargil, where India delivered a humiliating defeat to Pakistan in a short war in 1999 by killing and evicting thousands of Pakistani troops from the mountain peaks of Drass-Kargil sector across the Line of Control (LoC) which they had illegally occupied.
It was on this day that ceasefire was announced and it is celebrated by India as 'Kargil Vijay Divas'.
Addressing a gathering of serving and retired officers of the armed forces after paying tributes to the soldiers who participated in the Kargil War, the Prime Minister said Pakistan has not learnt any lessons from past defeats and mistakes.
Modi said Pakistan has faced defeats for all its immoral and shameful attem...