The Lahore Declaration, signed on 21 February 1999, was a significant milestone in Indo-Pakistani relations. The agreement was born out of a historic summit aimed at thawing the frosty relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. However, Pakistan breached the agreement when it started the Kargil War
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The Lahore agreement was signed in February 1999 by former PM Nawaz Sharif and Atal Bihari Vajpayee after the summit in the Pakistani city. Shortly after, the Pakistani Army infiltrated on Kargil. After two months of violent confrontation, the war came to an end on July 26, 1999
25 years later, Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif admitted that a violation of the 1999 Lahore pact with India was Pakistan "fault". Amid this shocking revelation, here's how Pakistan's violation led to the deadly Kargil War of 1999.