The focal point of the India-Pakistan conflict is the future status of Kashmir, India's only Muslim-dominated state, where a guerrilla insurgency has periodically flared since the late 1980's.

The nature of the India-Pakistan conflict took a more sinister turn when the U.S. received intelligence that Pakistani nuclear warheads were being moved towards the border.

"Line of Control" by Mainak Dhar was released in 2008 and paints a fictional scenario around an India-Pakistan conflict in 2011.

Set in 2014, Red Jihad was the first novel to fictionalize a Maoist-Mujahideen nexus in the Red Corridor set in the backdrop of an India-Pakistan conflict.

Clinton and Rao discussed economic cooperation, nuclear non-proliferation and the India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir.

US officials speaking on background said the two leaders did touch on nuclear non-proliferation and the India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir, matters that will be dealt with during ongoing contact between the two countries.

For example, front pages now focus on a potential India-Pakistan conflict and on Yasir Arafat's war on Israel.

Recent studies undertaken by the CIA cite the enduring India-Pakistan conflict as the one "flash point" most likely to escalate into a nuclear war.

Another was the early withdrawal of Muslim mujahideen guerrillas from Kashmir, whose incursions there are the cause of the latest India-Pakistan military conflict.

Mr. Bush also warned Al Qaeda today not to exploit the India-Pakistan conflict to make trouble along Pakistan's western border.