May 30
Classified radio intercepts obtained by Outlook show the desperation among the Pakistan-backed intruders. Rajesh Joshi gained access to the files of intercepts maintained by Military Intelligence. Here is a word-for-word English translation, along wi
May 30
Ghazi II: We've lost many friends in the army attack.
DC: Which organisations?
Ghazi II: There are friends of TJ (Tehrik-e-Jihad) and Lashkar-e-Toiba, Mujahideen and Al Badr.
Ghazi II: What is the situation generally?
DC: Friends are running out of provision. They say if the situation continues, they will have to surrender. Their morale is very low.
DC: What do they want now?
Ghazi II: Some friends want to surrender and others want to become martyrs in the name of Allah.
June 5
MI: The buzurgs (seniors) want to know about Kargil.
G: In Kargil we are facing difficulty. We have not received even two paise so far. How will we get Rs 1 lakh? CI has not given even a single paisa. We are begging for food here. Our demands are not met. Friends say no senior has come to see us. Nobody understands our pain and agony. So many friends are becoming martyrs. What do their family members get? Allah hafiz.
June 12
Jaji 2: The difficulty continues in Kargil on both frontsófriends and ammunition.
A1: Toofan Khan is bringing 20 friends... How much ammunition do you have?
Jaji 2: We're running out of rocket launchers. If we don't get them by tomorrow, friends say we might have to come back. What's the point in going ahead and getting killed? The army's encircled us and is marching in. So, it's difficult to catch the heights now.
June 17
U/S: Yesterday, two of our friends became martyrs.
Papa 6: What have the seniors said about this?
U/S: The seniors were saying march ahead. You are asking to come back but we are stuck in the middle.
Papa 6: Okay, act according to the situation.
June 18
M2: Yesterday, five of our colleagues became martyrs.
U/S: Which groups did they belong to? Do you have names?
M2: They belonged to the TJ group. The names are not confirmed as it is difficult to identify them because of the heavy army firing.
June 21
Brig: How is everything?
Col: You know everything. Things are on here.
Brig: Accha hai, raat ko to World Cup haar gaye, lekin yeh nahin harna chahiye (We lost the World Cup last night, but this one (war) we must win).