'We caught the Indian soldiers sleeping'

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.

Now 64, Mohammed Nazeer was a school boy of about 14 when he was recruited.

He was part of a team that hit more than a dozen Indian posts in the Poonch region.

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