11.   Pakistan denies its troops are involved and maintains that the fighters are Kashmiris battling for independence of the Himalayan territory.

12.   A cease-fire line divides the Himalayan territory between the nuclear rivals.

13.   A cease-fire line divides the Himalayan territory between the two hostile neighbors.

14.   Annan has offered to help the parties resume their high-level dialogue, which broke down last year over Kashmir, the Himalayan territory which is divided between them.

15.   Both India and Pakistan claim the Himalayan territory and have fought two wars over it.

16.   Both India and Pakistan claim Kashmir in its entirety and the countries have fought two wars over the Himalayan territory.

17.   Both claim all of the Himalayan territory, which is divided between them.

18.   Both claim the northern Himalayan territory in its entirety.

19.   But on the thorny issue of Kashmir, the Himalayan territory each claims as its own, they only agreed to keep talking.

20.   China says the Himalayan territory was historically a Chinese province, but Tibetans say they had been independent for generations.