My 1999 trip to
Pakistan almost had to be canceled when a group of Kashmiri Freedom
Fighters, Mujehideen and a sprinkling of Pakistani Army regulars
slipped from the frozen heights of the Himalaya Pakistani controlled
Kashmir into Indian held Kashmir along the Kargil region. This sneaky
maneuver really upset India and so the war began! I followed the
progression of the battles very closely on the net and came to the
conclusion that when I was going to be there, the war was either
going to explode into chaos or end. I was hoping for an end, so
I decided to go on my trip with my escape route planned through
eastern Afghanistan. The conflict ended July 14 1999 - five days
after I had arrived.