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Critically review the progress of India-Pakistan peace process since the Kargil War.

  • UPSC 2007
  • 60 marks
  • India and South Asia

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The Kargil War (May–July 1999) began barely three months after Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Nawaz Sharif signed the Lahore Declaration of 21 February 1999. It set the pattern since: openings followed by ruptures, with lasting gains in crisis management and almost none in conflict resolution.

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  • The cycle of opening and rupture
  • What the process achieved
  • Why it stalled: a critical review
  • The position in 2026
  • Conclusion
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