'Our raids were sudden and fierce'

In August 1965, what looked like an indigenous uprising spread like a jungle fire across the part of Kashmir under Indian control.

But Operation Gibraltar was an attempt by the Pakistani government to start a rebellion in the disputed region.

Qurban Ali, 71, is one of the men who fought the Indian troops, as a soldier in the Pakistani army's Azad Kashmir Regiment.

He told BBC News his memories of the time.

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