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The Kargil mess may well lead to the use of Great Power influence in South Asia, something which New Delhi has resisted for decades

For a military engagement which New Delhi is at pains to say is not war, only an "operation", Kargil has been remarkably dirty, tough and bloody. India claims it has killed more than 490 Pakistani soldiers, but it has only taken one prisoner of war. A Indian field commander was quoted as saying his men would rather kill the passionately hated enemy than take prisoners. In any case, it would have been a bother to handle extra logistics at high altitudes.

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