61.   Indian air and ground offensives intensified against guerrillas in the Himalayan region of Kashmir Friday, with little hope here that diplomatic efforts by Pakistan would defuse the hostilities.

62.   India and Pakistan have fought two of their three wars over the Himalayan region of Kashmir, which both claim in its entirety.

63.   Indian soldiers battled Tuesday for a strategic peak occupied by Islamic guerrillas in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, military commanders said.

64.   India blamed two Islamic extremist groups fighting against Indian rule in Kashmir, the disputed Himalayan region claimed by both countries.

65.   India controls two-thirds of the Himalayan region and Pakistan the remainder.

66.   India controls two-thirds of the Himalayan region and Pakistan the rest.

67.   India accuses Pakistan of arming and funding an insurgency in its share of the Himalayan region, the only predominantly Muslim state in largely Hindu India.

68.   India accuses Pakistan of sponsoring more than a dozen militant groups fighting for independence of the Himalayan region or its merger with mostly Muslim Pakistan.

69.   India accuses Pakistan of training and financing more than a dozen militant groups fighting for independence of the Himalayan region or its merger with mostly Muslim Pakistan.

70.   India and Pakistan are military rivals that have fought two wars over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.