Pakistan successfully tests missile

Pakistan successfully test-fired an indigenously developed short-range nuclear capable missile today, the military said, ahead of peace talks with archrival neighbouring India.

The launch of the surface-to-surface Abdali ballistic missile, which has a range of 125 miles, was conducted from an unspecified location in Pakistan, the military said in a statement issued from Rawalpindi, a garrison city near the capital, Islamabad.