Parwinder SandhuDrass, July 25 -- For 26-year-old Md Afzal, the Kargil War is not just a chapter in India's military history, it is the story of a father he never got the chance to meet.
Standing at the Kargil War Memorial during the 27th Kargil Vijay Diwas commemorations, Afzal remembered his father, Lance Naik Mohd Aslam of 12 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JAK LI), who laid down his life on July 3, 1999. Afzal was born two months later.
There is only one wish he has carried all his life. "I have never seen him. I have grown up hearing stories about him from my mother, relatives and the soldiers who served with him," he said, struggling to hold back tears. "If I could meet him just once... I would only want to call him 'Abbu'. I neve...