NEW DELHI, March 10: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday that cross-border movement of Muslim guerillas from Azad Kashmir to the occupied valley had dropped by 60 per cent last year.

“We are moving forward (on the peace process with Pakistan),” Mr Singh told Indian parliament. “The infiltration level has come down by more than 60 per cent in 2004.”

Sources attributed the drop to fencing by the Indian army of the 760-kilometre (472-mile) Line of Control.—AFP

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