Chandigarh, Sept. 14 -- Marking the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Indo-Pak war, the army's Western Command chief Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Katiyar described the return of the strategically important Haji Pir Pass - located in the Pir Panjal Range - to Pakistan as a "tough but peace-oriented decision" taken under the Tashkent Agreement.

Addressing mediapersons at a special press conference organised to commemorate the diamond jubilee of the conflict, Lt Gen Katiyar acknowledged that while the Indian Army had captured the Haji Pir Pass with great effort, its return in 1966 was seen as a gesture to de-escalate tensions and restore peace in the region.

"India does not want war. We have always strived for peace. Sometimes such decisions ...