21.  Hussain predicted Musharraf would soon moderate his stand on Kashmir, the disputed Himalayan state that has been the cause of two wars between India and Pakistan.

22.  In the disputed state of Kashmir, armed troops confronted Muslim separatists boycotting the polls, and reluctant citizens complained that soldiers forced them to vote against their will.

23.  India plans to erect barbed wire fences along its border with Pakistan in the disputed state of Kashmir, a government minister said Tuesday.

24.  Indian soldiers bombard Pakistan-backed Islamic rebels clinging to a few hundred meters of captured territory atop three jagged peaks in the Indian part of disputed Kashmir state.

25.  In the disputed state of Kashmir, armed troops confronted Muslim separatists boycotting the polls, and reluctant citizens complained that soldiers forced them to vote.

26.  Included in the discussions will be the disputed state of Kashmir, the flash point of two earlier wars.

27.  India and Pakistan have fought two of their three wars over the disputed state of Kashmir, which they both claim.

28.  Meanwhile, accusations of election fraud came Monday from Pakistan a month before the vote in the disputed state of Kashmir.

29.  On the agenda at the Islamabad talks are the disputed state of Kashmir and security concerns after both nations conducted underground nuclear tests in May.

30.  Previous talks broke down over the disputed Himalayan state of Kashmir, the flash point of two wars which both countries claim.