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US rubbishes Musharraf's charge of Indian nuke test

T V Parasuram in Washington

The United States has expressed disbelief at Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's charge of possible nuclear test by India.

US state department officials said they had not heard of any such thing.

"We are pleased that there have been no nuclear tests since 1998, and we expect that there will be no more nuclear tests from either side," a senior Bush administration official said on Tuesday night.

This is the second time in a few days that US government officials have had to contradict a statement by Musharraf.

Earlier, the Pakistani president had suggested that India was involved in the kidnapping of The Wall Street Journal scribe Daniel Pearl.

Meanwhile, India also rejected in 'entirety' the allegation and termed it as 'kite flying season in Pakistan'.

External affairs ministry spokesperson Nirupama Rao said, "We have heard a number of such wild allegations in recent days. Such allegations are completely false and we reject them in their entirety."

She said India had announced a voluntary moratorium on further nuclear explosive testing and 'there has been no change whatsover on our position on this issue'.

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