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FOURTH ROUND OF OPEN HOSTILITIES BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN info
July 26, 1999 will go down in the annals of Indian history as a
day when the determined Indian forces achieved a glorious
victory over the retreating Pakistani army. It was on this day
that the Indian victory over Pakistan was complete. True to its
character despite having to pay a heavy price for fighting a war
within its territory, the Indian forces allowed the Pakistanis
to return across the Line of Control (LoC). It was a gesture
which depicted the great Indian tradition of forgiving even the
enemy, when it pleads for it. For Pakistan, it was another
lesson which it would probably not forget for a long time. It
would also put Pakistan to shame, for it chose to torture and
kill the Indian prisoners of War (PoWs), rather than handing
them over safely as was done by India through the International
Committee of the Red Cr