21.   Indian has demanded that Islamabad act against two militant groups blamed for carrying out the parliament attack by curbing their activities, freezing their assets and arresting their leaders.

22.   Islamabad has banned Lashkar and Jaish but denied Pakistani involvement in the parliament attack.

23.   India and Pakistan have been primed for war since the parliament attack, with both sides massing troops on their common border.

24.   India has blamed both the Kashmir attack and the parliament attack on Muslim militants which it says are backed by Islamabad -- charges Pakistan has denied.

25.   Islamabad then banned the groups but denied Pakistani involvement in the parliament attack.

26.   And in the wake of the parliament attack, Vajpayee has insisted Musharraf take tougher action against anti-Indian Islamic militants in Pakistan before high-level bilateral dialogue can take place.

27.   Beijing has appealed to India and Pakistan to exercise restraint following the parliament attack.

28.   But an army official alleged it was the work of Jaish-e-Mohammad, a hardline movement blamed in part by India for the parliament attack.

29.   But it stopped short of blaming it for the parliament attack.

30.   But Pakistan officials accuse India of trying to gain political mileage from the parliament attack in light of the US-declared global war against terrorism.