Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif accepts Kargil war was stab in back for Vajpayee

February 17, 2016 10:06

In what could be said to be a vindication of India's stand, Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif accepted that the occupation of Kargil by Pakistani troops in 1999 was a misadventure, as per a media report.

He also said that it was a stab in the back for then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. At the time of Kargil war India and Pakistan were involved in a peace process at Lahore.

"Vajpayee told me that he was stabbed in the back because of Pakistan's misadventure in Kargil, especially during the process of Lahore Declaration. Vajpayee was right. I would have said the same thing -- he was certainly backstabbed (in Kargil)," the Pakistan PM was quoted as saying by the report.

"But, who do I complain to about that now. We (India and Pakistan) pray to the same God," he added.

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