Actually it holds four peaks now so it also bursts any bubbles about India managing to vacate and reoccupy all it's land mass. In 2003, NS was out of office thus had a grudge against Musharraf and the army...... wonder why they are now apologising about their remarks..... in any case, You seem a reasonable person, let me ask you a question, almost all the fighting took place on the Indian side of the border hence it's safe to assume that all the casualties would have also happened there.... if one was to believe this ridiculous figure, do you honestly believe that under the prevailing conditions, Pakistan was able to recover and retrieve some 4000 bodies.... or did Indian forces bury so many bodies.....get a life....there are Kargil whistle blowers amongst your top ranks, what do you have to say about disclosures made by the likes of Lt Gen Kishan Pal. ???? but as i said that's been discussed to the bone, the subject is taking the cover off the shooting down of MiGs.
No it is point 5353, which is an actual peak, rest are surrounding ridges near the point 5353 namely Bunker Ridge, Saddle Ridge, Dalu Nag. As you might know a ridge is an elevated crest, at the base of the mountain..holds no strategic significance in itself.
As per a Pakistani general(on one of your talk shows)..Indian shelling was so intense, the 155mm air burst artillery would simply blow the heads off Pakistani soldier(any one not hiding in sangars).
Indian were also carrying out aerial bombardment simultaneously..and as you might there is not much left to bury after 2000 pound bomb is dropped on ur head.
As far I am concerned, I have far more faith in casualty figures quoted by US department of state of 700+ Pakistani soldiers killed...against 527 Indian casualties, Indian army itself estimates around 1042 Pakistani soldiers.
The fact is there is discrepancy amongst Pakistani claims, it hard to believe anything coming out Pakistan regarding Kargil.
Let me give an example.
Musharraf claimed Pakistan suffered 297 casualties against 1500 Indian in an interview.
Later he claimed 357 troops were killed with a further 665 wounded in his memoirs.
Pakistan army quoted a figure of 457 casualties on its website.
NS claimed 4000 Pakistani casualties(army + Muj) in an interview in 2003.
In 2007, he claimed Pakistani army casualties to be 2700.
A white paper released by PMLN calimed more than 3000 dead.
PPP claimed thousands of Pakistani soldiers and MUj died in Kargil.
You tell me, whom should we believe?
Do you actually understand, what Lt Gen Kishan Pal said, if yes,
please explain to me what you understood from his statement?.
As far the topic is concerned, there are no discrepancies in Indian, Indians agree that a Mig 21 was shot down by a Pakistani MANPAD, while it was providing top cover to MiG 27 which had crashed into Pakistani territory due engine flame out...other that that a Mi17 was also shot down on the Pakistani Manpad the next day.
