The Kargil War began after Pakistani troops infiltrated and occupied strategic areas on the India-administered side of the line of control in Kashmir in February 1999. India detected these troops in May and launched a military campaign to recapture the occupied territory, leading to two months of intense high-altitude fighting.
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