WASHINGTON, June 7: The United States said on Friday it had detected a significant reduction in the number of infiltrations from Line of Control into the held Kashmir.

“We have growing indications that infiltration across the Line of Control is down significantly,” State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told a daily briefing.

“But I would also say at this point we can’t say that this change has been done on a permanent basis, and that’s what (Pakistani) President (Pervez) Musharraf has promised,” he added.

The United States has previously said that Musharraf had taken steps to stop militants crossing the Line of Control but declined in public to say if infiltrations had declined.—Reuters