Editing Northern Light Infantry Regiment (section)

===Kargil War (1999)===
{{Further|Kargil War}}In May 1999, Pakistan began operations to occupy key Indian forward posts along the [[Line of Control|Line of Control (LoC)]], sparking the [[Kargil War]]. Initially [[Pakistan Army]] denied any involvement in the war.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-07-26|title=Kargil: The forgotten victims of the world's highest war|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49101016|access-date=2021-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kamath|first=P.M.|date=2000|title=Pakistan after the Kargil Crisis : Implications for India|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41960891|journal=Indian Journal of Asian Affairs|volume=13|issue=1/2|pages=123–132|jstor=41960891|issn=0970-6402}}</ref> However, later on, it was reported that the [[Pakistan Army]] had launched forces exclusively from the Northern Light Infantry during this conflict. These included the [[5th Battalion, Northern Light Infantry Regiment|5th]], [[6th Battalion, Northern Light Infantry Regiment|6th]], [[8th Battalion, Northern Light Infantry Regiment|8th]] and [[12th Battalion, Northern Light Infantry Regiment|12th]] battalions in full strength and some elements of the [[3rd Battalion, Northern Light Infantry Regiment|3rd]], [[4th Battalion, Northern Light Infantry Regiment|4th]], [[7th Battalion, Northern Light Infantry Regiment|7th]] and [[11th Battalion, Northern Light Infantry Regiment|11th]] battalions with the paramilitary [[Chitral Scouts|Chitral]] and [[Bajaur Scouts]], both of the [[Frontier Corps]], deployed for [[Military logistics|logistical support]].<ref name="global security" />

Massive Indian counterattack coupled with heavy diplomatic pressure from the [[United States]] forced Pakistan to begin a withdrawal after months of intense fighting. Pakistani casualties during this conflict, like those of other Indo−Pakistani conflicts, remain disputed and unconfirmed. International sources (such as those from the [[United States Department of Defense|U.S. Department of Defense]]) place Pakistani casualties at around 700+. After 11 years, Pakistan officially reported that around 453 of its soldiers were killed during the conflict.<ref name="HT_Times_26_July_2011">{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/kargil-vijay-diwas-day-to-mark-india-s-victory-in-1999-conflict-against-pakistan/story-x2cUNDgKxoQPxrzKEmoK4J.html|title=Kargil Vijay Diwas: Day to mark India's victory in 1999 conflict against Pakistan|date=26 July 2011|newspaper=Hindustan Times}}</ref> PM [[Nawaz Sharif]] and some other sources placed the Pakistani casualties figure from 2,700 to 4,000 personnel.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/08/17/stories/2003081702900800.htm|title=Over 4,000 soldiers killed in Kargil: Sharif|work=The Hindu|date=3 October 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031003114303/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/08/17/stories/2003081702900800.htm|archive-date=2003-10-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Khan|first=M. Ilyas|date=2019-07-26|title=The forgotten victims of the world's highest war|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49101016|access-date=2020-08-03}}</ref><ref name="Tavares2006">{{cite book|last1=Tavares|first1=Rodrigo|title=Understanding Regional Peace and Security|date=2006|publisher=Göteborg University|isbn=978-9187380679|page=297|quote=the US State Department quoted the Pakistani military casualties at 700, whereas Indian sources reported the Pakistani casualties to be 1000+. According to the then PM Nawaz Sharif (quoted in Gulf News, February 2002), the entire Northern Light Infantry of Pakistan was wiped out during the conflict claiming 2,700 lives.}}</ref><ref name=pib>{{cite web|last=Chakraborty|first=A.&nbsp;K.|title=Kargil War Brings into Sharp Focus India's Commitment to Peace|url=http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2000/fjul2000/f210720001.html|publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]], Government of India|access-date=23 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.24.208/lsq/quest.asp?qref=51302|title=Breakdown of casualties into Officers, JCOs, and Other Ranks|work=[[Parliament of India]] Website|access-date=20 May 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202045832/http://164.100.24.208/lsq/quest.asp?qref=51302|archive-date=2 December 2008}}</ref><ref name="rollofhonor">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianarmy.nic.in/martyrs/home.jsp?operation=28&hidrecord=10&FormBugs_Page=1#Form|title=Complete Roll of Honour of Indian Army's Killed in Action during Op Vijay|work=Indian Army|access-date=20 May 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071222013826/http://www.indianarmy.nic.in/martyrs/home.jsp?operation=28&hidrecord=10&FormBugs_Page=1#Form |archive-date = 22 December 2007}}</ref><ref name="toi">{{Cite news|title=Pak lost 2,700 men in Kargil war: Sharif|work=[[The Times of India]]|agency=Press Trust of India|publication-date=6 July 2006|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pak-lost-2700-men-in-Kargil-war-Sharif/articleshow/1711896.cms|access-date=26 October 2017}}</ref>