Because Pakistanis are still watching from point 5353

[Safriz]

A photo posted by an India tourist visiting Kargil while traveling on Srinagar Ladakh road.

An indian tourist making a rude gesture while posing with an interesting sign board at Kargil on Srinagar-Laddakh Road .
This strategic road is main supply route for Indian soldiers at Siachen.
The sign board testifies a less known aftermath of the Pakistan India Kargil War.
Although Indian army took back Tiger Hill, another higher mountain the point 5353 remained under Pakistani control despite several attacks by India.
The point 5353 overlooks Tiger Hill and the most strategically important road of Occupied Kashmir, the Srinagar- Kargil- Ladakh road.
From the fortified bunkers of Pakistan army on Point 5353 ,our soldiers can fire on Tiger hill and the strategic road, shutting down supplies to Siachen.
Also despite winning Tiger Hill in Kargil war, India still couldnt build bunkers on the peak as Pakistanis are sitting right next to it on a higher peak.
So much for Indian taunts of "Losing" Kargil war.

 

[Path-Finder]

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Would have been funny.. if a mortar hit that clown right in the arse..

 

[Zarvan]

A photo posted by an India tourist visiting Kargil while traveling on Srinagar Ladakh road.

View attachment 408775

An indian tourist making a rude gesture while posing with an interesting sign board at Kargil on Srinagar-Laddakh Road .
This strategic road is main supply route for Indian soldiers at Siachen.
The sign board testifies a less known aftermath of the Pakistan India Kargil War.
Although Indian army took back Tiger Hill, another higher mountain the point 5353 remained under Pakistani control despite several attacks by India.
The point 5353 overlooks Tiger Hill and the most strategically important road of Occupied Kashmir, the Srinagar- Kargil- Ladakh road.
From the fortified bunkers of Pakistan army on Point 5353 ,our soldiers can fire on Tiger hill and the strategic road, shutting down supplies to Siachen.
Also despite winning Tiger Hill in Kargil war, India still couldnt build bunkers on the peak as Pakistanis are sitting right next to it on a higher peak.
So much for Indian taunts of "Losing" Kargil war.

Not to forget that there were 500 Guys on our side out of which 300 Jihadis and 200 Para Military India used 40000 soldiers backed by Artillery along with MRLs and Air Force still we are sitting in Kargil

 

[ebrahym]

Not to forget that there were 500 Guys on our side out of which 300 Jihadis and 200 Para Military India used 40000 soldiers backed by Artillery along with MRLs and Air Force still we are sitting in Kargil

actuallyno
but stats still favor us

 

[Surya 1]

Not to forget that there were 500 Guys on our side out of which 300 Jihadis and 200 Para Military India used 40000 soldiers backed by Artillery along with MRLs and Air Force still we are sitting in Kargil

And still Nawaz Sharif said that over 4000 Pakistani soldiers died in kargil misadventure.

 

[Mahmood-ur-Rehman]

A photo posted by an India tourist visiting Kargil while traveling on Srinagar Ladakh road.

View attachment 408775

An indian tourist making a rude gesture while posing with an interesting sign board at Kargil on Srinagar-Laddakh Road .
This strategic road is main supply route for Indian soldiers at Siachen.
The sign board testifies a less known aftermath of the Pakistan India Kargil War.
Although Indian army took back Tiger Hill, another higher mountain the point 5353 remained under Pakistani control despite several attacks by India.
The point 5353 overlooks Tiger Hill and the most strategically important road of Occupied Kashmir, the Srinagar- Kargil- Ladakh road.
From the fortified bunkers of Pakistan army on Point 5353 ,our soldiers can fire on Tiger hill and the strategic road, shutting down supplies to Siachen.
Also despite winning Tiger Hill in Kargil war, India still couldnt build bunkers on the peak as Pakistanis are sitting right next to it on a higher peak.
So much for Indian taunts of "Losing" Kargil war.

Expressing his own situation he is in.

 

[Callsign Chaos]

We have already captured Point 5310 which was located 1 Km inside Pakistani side in retaliation to point 5353.

In one such operation on April 8, a company of the 14 Sikh Regiment occupied point 5310, an unheld peak roughly one kilometre air distance on the Pakistan side of the LoC. Subedar Bhatnam Singh and one soldier were killed in an avalanche during the operation.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2000/08/11/stories/14115502.htm

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/reverse-kargil-capture-of-point-5310.449852/

 

[Shivani87]

 

[Sine Nomine]

We have already captured Point 5310 which was located 1 Km inside Pakistani side in retaliation to point 5353.


http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2000/08/11/stories/14115502.htm

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/reverse-kargil-capture-of-point-5310.449852/

That peak provides 360 view of while Area.Now,decide which has more value.

 

[Callsign Chaos]

That peak provides 360 view of while Area.Now,decide which has more value.

Capture of Point 5310 enables us to gain control over entire Kabutar bowl.

 

[Sine Nomine]

Peak 5353 metres (in the background) as seen from Drass

The full story behind this vestige of the Kargil occupation as per an article published in Front line in September,2000 ,titled "
KARGIL QUESTIONS " :

The strange story of Peak 5353 began with the end of Operation Vijay, and the proclamation of a national triumph at Kargil. Point 5353, like the features around it, had been occupied by Pakistan troops at the start of the Kargil war. Indian soldiers, how ever, were nowhere near its summit when hostilities were pronounced to have ended, in the wake of a United States-authored Pakistani pullout. All that had been achieved was the occupation of two secondary positions on the Marpo La ridgeline, Charlie 6 an d Charlie 7. Indian troops had also been unable to evict Pakistani soldiers from Point 5240, some 1,200 m as the crow flies from Point 5353. 56 Brigade Commander Amar Aul, in charge of the operations to secure Point 5353, responded by occupying two heigh ts on the Pakistani side of the LoC, 4875 and 4251, just before the ceasefire came into force.
Aul's tactics, evidently under political pressure to bring about a quick end to hostilities, were designed to secure a subsequent territorial exchange. In mid-August 1999, his efforts to bring about a deal bore fruit. Extended negotiations between the Br igadier and a Pakistani interlocutor, who called himself Colonel Saqlain, led to both sides committing themselves to leave unoccupied Points 5353, 5240, 4251 and 4875. Both Indian and Pakistani troops were pulled back to their pre-Kargil positions, leavi ng an aerial distance of about a kilometre between the armies along most of the Marpo La ridge. The deal was not an ideal one, for 5353 was of enormously more strategic importance to India than either 4251 or 4875 was for Pakistan, but it was better than nothing.
Towards the end of October, things began to go wrong. Aul tasked the 16 Grenadiers to take Point 5240 and the 1-3 Gurkha Rifles to occupy 5353, choosing to violate the August agreement rather than risk the prospect that Pakistan might reoccupy these posi tions. While the 16 Grenadiers attack proceeded as planned, despite bad weather, the men of 1-3 Gurkha Rifles, for reasons which are still not clear, never made their way up 5353. When Pakistan troops detected the Indian presence on 5240, they promptly l aunched a counter-assault on 5353. Seven days later, in early November, the Grenadiers unit on 5240 watched Pakistan take up positions on the more important peak. Saqlain, who is now believed to be facing court martial proceedings in Pakistan, was left c omplaining that Aul's ill-considered course of action was treacherous and dishonest.
Pakistan moved rapidly to consolidate its position on 5353. Concrete bunkers came up on the peak, and a road was constructed to its base from Benazir Post, Pakistan's most important permanent post in the area. Meanwhile, Aul considered plans to retake th e peak. He did not have much choice. India's positions on 5240 and Pathar post were under threat, along with positions of the 2 Naga in Mushkoh, the 2 Grenadiers in Drass, and the 8 Sikh in Bhimbet. Offensives were discussed in January and February, and again in May and August, but had to be abandoned each time because of the risks involved. With 5353 and its adjoining area now linked by road to Pakistan's rear headquarters at Gultari, and with the defensive positions heavily fortified, any attack would mean a full-blown resumption of hostilities in Drass.

Capture of Point 5310 enables us to gain control over entire Kabutar bowl.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

5353 was never held by either power. Because it is on the LOC.

Since PA lost all the peaks to IA in 1999, it promptly occupied 5353 to claim some honor. It is not very useful. The surrounding ridges are all held by the IA. It's a death trap. Cheaper observation 'posts' can be made via a sat link, if observing Indians is the only intention.

So much for Indian taunts of "Losing" Kargil war.

This is a regular post by Pakistanis from time to time. Every year someone will say openly - 'Pakistan won the Kargil war'.

We should say - Sure you did. I hope you keep 'winning' like that in the future as well.

 

[Sine Nomine]

5353 was never held by either power. Because it is on the LOC.

Since PA lost all the peaks to IA in 1999, it promptly occupied 5353 to claim some honor. It is not very useful. The surrounding ridges are all held by the IA. It's a death trap. Cheaper observation 'posts' can be made via a sat link, if observing Indians is the only intention.

It's inside Indian side of LOC,India occupies three points around it,the one on front of it has 90 degree slope and the routes going to other two are under direct fire from 5353.That peak provides exceptional view for Artillery fire designation.Nothing in Drass sector moves without being seen by eyes on 5353.India did tried to occupy it but failed due to slope and when IA took the way around that was too late.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

It's inside Indian side of LOC,India occupies three points around it,the one on front of it has 90 degree slope and the routes going to other two are under direct fire from 5353.That peak provides exceptional view for Artillery fire designation.Nothing in Drass sector moves without being seen by eyes on 5353.India did tried to occupy it but failed due to slope and when IA took the way around that was too late.

The map above also shows it lies on the LOC.
A gentleman's agreement was there regarding points on the LOC. After 5353 was captured and converted from no man's land to a Pak post, IA also captured several minor passes and peaks all along the LOC in response. It serves no purpose to either side. Except for posturing and propaganda.