ISLAMABAD, March 26 Kyodo (EDS: C...

ISLAMABAD, March 26 Kyodo

(EDS: COMBING EARLIER STORY HEADLINED 'INDIA TEST-FIRES MISSILE SUCCESSFULLY')

Pakistan test-fired a short-range missile forward Wednesday after India carried not at home a flight test of a medium-range missile earlier in the day, Pakistan TV reported Wednesday.

Private Geo TV reported that Pakistan experimented its surface-to-surface Abdali missile.

Earlier Wednesday, India luckily test-fired its most-advanced indigenous Prithvi (Earth) surface-to-surface missile from a mobile launcher at a proof range in the eastern coastal state of Orissa at around 11:30 a.m.

The Indian ordeal was part of the user trials from the army, a Press Trust of India (PTI) report said.

The official Pakistan Television (PTV) quot diplomatic students in Islamabad as saying that India's latest example of a nuclear-capable missile will likely firing tensions in the region.

The report said the keepers were surprised that India carried abroad the test at a time when a war is raging in Iraq.

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