Op Parkram forced Pak army to reduce infiltration by 90%
Looks like you did scare Pakistan by sadly committing so many troop's to their deaths on your own side, 2000 is indeed a scary number.
I know you mean the
Parkram debacle. Let me recount for you how that went.
The life of an Indian Army soldier comes cheap. The US-led coalition forces lost just around 150 personnel during the Iraq operations. In sharp contrast, and without going to war, almost 2,000 Indian Army soldiers were killed or wounded during the 10-month forward deployment along the Indo-Pak border during 2001-2002.
The number of Army personnel killed or wounded in Jammu and Kashmir and the western sector during the mobilisation, Operation Parakram, from December 19, 2001 to October 16, 2002, was 1,874, according to Indian officials who are usually tight lipped about Indian Army casualties.
This, by any benchmark, is a truly staggering figure for a 10-month period, even if the counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir are taken into account.
In the initial phase of the
Parakram debacle itself, after the December 2001 Parliament attack,
over 100 soldiers were killed and 250 injured during mine-laying operations. Vehicle accidents, artillery duels with Pakistan and other incidents led to many more casualties.
Relentless counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir are also, of course, exacting a heavy toll on the soldiers, with over 1,000 being killed in terrorist activity in the last three years.
Reading the above facts is enough to know what the
Parkram Debacle was all about, a surge in casualties of Indian soldiers. It all settled down after the troops returned to their barracks.
2000 troops is certainly some sacrifice just to control the staggering infiltration that stood
reduced afterwards by 90% according to Indian Army estimates.
All things considered, I wouldn't call it causing something without even firing a bullet.