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![]() Friday, May 28, 1999 Published at 10:24 GMT 11:24 UK ![]() ![]() World: South Asia ![]() The Kashmir conflict in pictures ![]() ![]() The low-level conflict in the disputed region of Kashmir flared this week when India detected what it said were Pakistani-backed infiltrators high in the Himalayas.
Additional troops were rushed in and heavy artillery pounded positions taken by the suspected Islamic militants in the Kargil region of Indian-administered Kashmir.
After heavy exchanges with Pakistani soldiers, an Indian army post was abandoned when it was hit by a mortar shell.
Helicopter gunships and war planes were sent in as India launched air strikes for the first time in a quarter of a century.
Residents of Dras in the Kargil region began leaving their homes for safer areas.
Soldiers patrolled the empty streets of Kargil town as thousands of residents fled.
India revealed on Thursday that it had lost two war planes which Pakistan said it had shot down. India described Pakistan's action as "hostile and provocative." ![]() |
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