21.  Then, he went to Kashmir, the disputed Himalayan territory, where he said he fought alongside Pakistanis against Indian forces.

22.  Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made the same charge against Indian forces in his Independence Day speech on Saturday.

23.  Police reported no Indian casualties but the Press Trust of India news agency said six Pakistani soldiers were killed in retaliatory shelling by Indian forces.

24.  Pakistan claims that Indian forces fighting insurgents in Kashmir routinely abuse civilians in the overwhelmingly Muslim region, most of which is controlled by India.

25.  Pakistan denies the charge and calls those fighting Indian forces freedom fighters.

26.  Pakistan said it shot down two warplanes Thursday along the volatile Kashmir border where Indian forces have been conducting military operations against Islamic separatist guerrillas.

27.  Pakistan said it retaliated, targeting Indian gun positions and that Indian forces had been pushed back from the frontier.

28.  Pakistan-based Islamic rebels fighting Indian forces in Kashmir urge their hosts to continue supporting their struggle.

29.  Pro-separatist political leaders who have urged Kashmiris to boycott their first election in seven years were placed under house arrest by Indian forces Wednesday.

30.  Quereshi said Indian forces had taken pieces of the wreckage, but said his forces had secured the site.