Major assault gets under way in Kargil
The Army yesterday launched a major assault in the Batalik and Drass sectors of Kargil even as air strikes were resumed.

No war, asserts India; I was misquoted says Sharif
The Government yesterday disagreed with Pakistan's statement about the possibility of the Kargil conflict escalating into war, saying ``that is not an assessment that we share.''

CIA's missing Stingers land in Kargil
A secret $10-million operation launched by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 1994-95 to recover all unused Stinger missiles from Afghan guerrillas proved to be a failure.

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