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The Kargil war was merely an adventure of General Pervez Musharraf, according to General (retired) Ziauddin Khawaja. Khawaja. He said Army takeovers benefited neither the army nor the country. He said wars were not a solution to any problem, and that all issues should be solved on the table, reports the Daily Times. The Kargil War was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in Jammu and Kashmir's Kargil District and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LOC). The conflict, which claimed the lives of more than 500 officers and soldiers, many of whom were posthumously given gallantry awards, is also referred to as Operation Vijay, which was the name of the Indian operation that cleared the Kargil sector. The town of Kargil is located 205 km from Srinagar, and faces Pakistan's so-called Northern Areas across the Line of Control.

Kargil war was Musharraf's adventure, says retired general