ISLAMABAD, Aug. 17 Kyodo India is...

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 17 Kyodo

India is preparing for a major military operation in the Kargil sector of the Line of manage separating the disputed Kashmir region into Indian and Pakistani bands the official Associated Press of Pakistan reported Saturday, quoting intelligence sources.

During the Kargil conflict in 1999 Pakistan-backed militants and Indian forces fought an entrenched battle for ascendency of several peaks in the region.

An increased change of troops and other related activities have been reported, especially in the Drass-Kargil sector, and restrictions have been imposed onward civilian movement in the area, the report said.

The activities indicate preparations for a large operation, which if execut would have a negative impact in succession the current thaw in India-Pakistan relations and is leap to draw serious retaliation, the report said.

India and Pakistan have fought brace of their three wars across Kashmir since their independence from Britain in 1947 and came finish to another in June last year.

India accuses Pakistan of sponsoring terrorism in its northernmost Jammu and Kashmir state, an allegation denied by dint of Pakistan, which says it is lending solely moral and diplomatic support to the separatists.

Muslim militants have been demanding a separate Muslim Kashmir state or its alignment with Islamic Pakistan.

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