41.   Earlier this month, the guerrillas had claimed that Indian forces were using chemical weapons against them, as well as napalm and cluster bombs.

42.   Earlier, the administration ordered Indian forces to stay away from the mountains where Al-Faran is holding the hostages.

43.   For the past two months, Indian forces have waged a blistering campaign to dislodge the guerrillas from mountain peaks the rebels seized in early May.

44.   For the past two months, Indian forces have waged a blistering campaign to dislodge the Islamic guerrillas from mountain peaks the rebels seized in early May.

45.   Harkat-ul Mujahedeen is a major Islamic guerrilla group fighting Indian forces in the disputed Kashmir region.

46.   He also said that Indian forces still have no plan to attack the captors and free the hostages.

47.   However, a Pakistani army spokesman said Indian forces fired first and Pakistani border guards retaliated.

48.   Human rights groups also have accused Indian forces in Kashmir of taking hundreds of militant suspects into custody and secretly interrogating and executing some of them.

49.   Human rights groups have accused Indian forces in Kashmir of taking hundreds of militant suspects into custody and secretly interrogating and executing some of them.

50.   However, a Pakistani military spokesman who was patrolling on his side of the cease-fire line said Indian forces had opened fire.