Kargil Vijay Diwas 2024 : On this day, the Indian Army defeated Pakistan by winning the Kargil war. During this war, pressure was faced from many countries, but the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee did not back down. Pakistan’s PM Nawaz Sharif was so scared by the firing and the sound of cannons from all sides that he fled to America with his entire family. According to a report by Firstpost, today marks 25 years of the Kargil war. America played an important role in stopping this war. The then US President Bill Clinton had continuous talks with Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Nawaz Sharif. Many reports suggest that US President Clinton had reprimanded Nawaz Sharif a lot at that time. Clinton called Nawaz Sharif to Washington and clearly told him to withdraw his army from Kargil.
When Atal Bihari Vajpayee said, now we will not tolerate Pakistan
Firstpost’s report said that America was most worried that if there was a nuclear attack from both the countries, it would cause a lot of problems. Bruce Riedel, the then Central Intelligence Agency analyst, was Clinton’s assistant. Regarding this, Riedel wrote an article for the Indian Express in 2002. In which it was claimed that there was a phone conversation between Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Bill Clinton on 2 July. Vajpayee had made it clear to Clinton that he would not tolerate Pakistan anymore. Vajpayee pressured Clinton to prepare Pakistan to retreat, we will not retreat. According to Riedel’s article, Clinton spoke to Nawaz Sharif on 4 July itself. During this time, Nawaz Sharif fled to America.
Due to fear, he brought his entire family to America
In such a situation Nawaz Sharif started asking for help from the American President. Clinton had put some conditions for help, in which the Pakistani army had to retreat from Kargil. When
When Pakistan saw no other option, it accepted the American President’s proposal. Riedel claimed that Sharif was so scared in Pakistan that he went to America with his entire family.