The Musharraf Phone Tap — RAW Catches Pakistan Red-Handed in Kargil

 

Year: 1999

During the Kargil War, Pakistan was publicly claiming that the fighters in Kargil were independent mujahideen, not Pakistani Army soldiers. India needed proof.

RAW was successful in intercepting a telephonic conversation between Pervez Musharraf, the then Pakistan Army Chief who was in Beijing, and his Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Mohammed Aziz in Islamabad. This tape was later published by India to prove Pakistani involvement in the Kargil incursion. 

Musharraf was in China — thinking his call was safe. RAW was listening. The tapped call was a grave breach of Pakistani security — Musharraf was discussing a sensitive military operation on an open telephone line from China. 

When India released that tape to the world, Pakistan's entire diplomatic narrative collapsed overnight.