And they both will have a hand in the beginning of WWIII before it's all over with. Just my opinion, but how valuable can Kashmir be?
If Pakistan and the PRC (that's right, the PRC) can sew up Kashmir, then they will have completed the pincer motion that is aimed at reducing India's (and, by extension, the West's) ability to project into the heart of Asia. India, already surrounded landwise by PRC proxies Pakistan and Myanmar, would lose her one remaining bit of geostrategic leverage. I suggest that you read the following Yossef Bodansky papers for more details - "Islamabad's Road Warriors", "The Rise of the Trans-Asian Axis" and, always a classic, "Beijing's Surge For the Strait Of Malacca". Just do a simple search on "Bodansky" using www.google.com. There you will find a treasure trove of related knowledge. Freegards, BM.
(PS - if you're up for some reading material that is a bit more controversial, at least it seems to be on this forum, then I recommend the following books: "Hegemon", by Stephen Mosher, "China Attacks", by Mosher and DeVore (this one is scenario based fiction), and, "The Origins Of The Fourth World War" by Jeff Nyquist.)
but how valuable can Kashmir be? How about if Someone ask us (America) to forget about California? Kashmir is the heart of India. It's more than just a mere state.
The Persian poet Sheikh Sadia once said of Kashmir, "If there is any heaven on earth, it is here."