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Kargil War
Jul 27 2009, Abdullah Khan

About 5000 officers and soldiers died pushing back intruding Pakistani soldiers from the heights of the Himalayas during the Kargil War. But 10 years after,The politics over the Kargil war is refusing to die down..... After almost politically distancing..

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