Military Digest | Haze on Kargil lapses, skewed view on intrusions persist

As India marks the 27th anniversary of its victory in the Kargil conflict, there are unanswered questions about how Pakistani intrusions occurred, the handling of early warnings, and intelligence lapses at the national level. There is also a dominant view among senior officers that the post-Kargil narrative has focused excessively on battalion-level actions while shielding higher command decisions from scrutiny.Over the past few years, The Indian Express has spoken to various senior field commanders who took an active part in the Kargil conflict. The lessons they drew from the actions and the queries they pose are worth reiterating on Kargil Vijay Diwas.Brigadier Devinder Singh (Retd), who commanded the 70 Infantry Brigade in the Batalik sector; Brigadier MPS Bajwa (Retd), who led the 192