Washington: Sharing India's stand, the US has said that cross-border infiltration by militants in Jammu and Kashmir has increased after a drop and that it should stop completely.

"Infiltration has gone down and come back up somewhat...We do believe infiltration should stop completely and that is an issue that we do continue to work with the government of Pakistan," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told reporters on January 25.

He was responding to questions on the reported remarks of US Ambassador to Pakistan Nancy Powell that Pakistan should stop being a "platform for terrorism" and must keep militants from infiltrating Jammu and Kashmir, which irked both the fundamentalists and Pakistan government.

Boucher said President Pervez Musharraf has made assurances that Pakistan will stop infiltration "and that is something that we work with him on".

Boucher said Powell's remarks in Karachi were "rather misquoted", where she echoed Musharraf's assurances that Pakistan will not allow its territory to be used for any terrorist activity.

"That has been a pledge that we have taken seriously and something we have continued to work with Pakistan on," he said.

PTI