1.   The Qaida also have mortars, but those are no longer very accurate since the allies seized many peaks that had once been used for observation.

2.   Pakistan and India have fought two wars over Kashmir and clashed again last summer when Pakistan-based fighters seized mountain peaks inside India.

3.   Early this year, hundreds of Islamic fighters seized mountain peaks overlooking towns and villages inside the Indian-held part of Kashmir.

4.   Early Friday, the militants launched a counterattack to seize a peak that has a view of supply routes from Pakistan, but Indian soldiers held on.

5.   They clashed again last summer when Pakistan-based fighters seized mountain peaks inside India.