In the mountains of north-east Pakistan sits a humble religious school for boys. But did it push the country perilously close to war with a nuclear enemy next door?
It was at the centre of a clash that almost brought two nuclear nations to war, but exactly what goes on inside a small madrasa on a hilltop near Kashmir remains a mystery.
Among the sites was the madrasa, or religious school, that India says was a cover for the anti-India terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed . The visit was orchestrated and tightly controlled by the Pakistan Army, which flew visitors from Islamabad to the mountainous area neighbouring Kashmir on military helicopters.
Dozens of diplomats and defence advisers from countries including China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, France, Indonesia and the UK accompanied a handful of foreign journalists, including the ABC.
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