| Photo Feature - Kargil Soldiers and the Kargil Region The spectre of war |
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| Photo Feature - Kargil Soldiers and the Kargil Region The spectre of war |
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Some heart rendering glimpes into the Kargil region with some pictures of how it is affecting people and the soldiers. source: Times Of India. Outlook-India, Ghalib, et al. credits also to Sondeep Shankar who has gone to these places to click.
 Air Force officers carrying the body of Sqd. Ldr. Ajay Ahuja who was killed by Pakistani troops after his Mig21 aircraft was shot on the first day of IAF strike on infiltrators' positions close to the Line of Control. Photograph by: Sondeep Shankar |
The pictures of the Army deployment
. Notice the lack of infrastructure - thanks to the rampant corruption in the government.
People moving out of Draas and Kargil to safer (relatively) places. The lives of these people has been disrupted beyond recognition.
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 Soldiers from the artillery unit maintaining their guns deployed in Kargil region. Photograph by: Sondeep Shankar |
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 Commander of an artillery unit gives orders, using a megaphone, to fire from 105mm guns in the Drass sector. Photograph by: Sondeep Shankar |
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 Residents of Drass and surrounding villages collected at Chokiyal village with their belongings in a bid to escape from the intensified shelling by Pakistan troops from across the border. Photograph By: Sondeep Shankar |
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 An Indian Army's Chetak helicopter flies over a unit of Bofors guns located near Kargil. The helicopters are used to locate infiltrators' position. Photograph by: Sondeep Shankar |
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 To escape intensified shelling by Pakistani troops, residents of Kargil and Drass flee their villages for safer places away from the Line of Control. Photograph by: Sondeep Shankar |
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 To escape the intensified shelling by Pakistan from across the Line of Control, residents of Drass and Kargil regions take refuge in Tespond village, 40 kilometres from the LoC. Photograph by: Sondeep Shankar |
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 These brave angels give their lives with a smile - their love and patriotism for the country is legend. They don't even ask for rewards - BUT shouldn't you at least appreciate them???? Do something in your own small way which will go a long way in changing India. |
