The 30,000 Indian troops deployed in the sector, backed by heavy artillery and supported by the air force, are not merely pushing back the Afghan mercenaries who have taken up positions on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC). They are also fighting the Pakistani Army, which seems to be masterminding and actively participating in a battle that shows no signs of abating, three weeks after an Indian Army patrol stumbled across the insurgents on the snowy heights of Banju, near Kargil.