Friday, July 9, 1999
Pakistan will come around eventually, hopes US
The United States expects Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to consult his close advisors and his Cabinet over the weekend before drawing up plans to pull back infiltrators who have crossed the Line of Control.
3 peaks recaptured; 92 Pak soldiers killed
In a major breakthrough, Indian Army troops yesterday regained control of three peaks in Batalik and Drass and evicted Pakistani soldiers from a spur of Tiger Hill killing 92 enemy soldiers while losing 38 of its own men.
Poonch massacres result of row over women -- Officials
The two massacres that took place in Poonch district late June and early this month were each the outcome of a dispute over a woman and had no link with the so called `jehad' (holy war) of pro-Pakistan militants, official sources have said.
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