Wednesday, June 30, 1999
Key peak taken, noose around Tiger Hill tightens
25 Indian soldiers were killed in the fiercest battle yet to evict infiltrators in the Drass sub-sector yesterday morning. Their aim--to recover the crucial Peak 4700--was achieved after a night-long artillery battle with the infiltrators.
Spy vs spy -- Indian mission attache in Pak assaulted
In a predictable development, Pakistan intelligence agents yesterday abducted and brutally assaulted a staff member of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad.
Pak loses direct view of highway
The Army's success in capturing two strategic positions west of Tololing, just 5 km from Tiger Hills, in the Drass sub-sector has more or less ensured that the Pakistan Army intruders have now lost their direct view of the Srinagar-Leh highway.
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