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| Pakistan govt needs to do more |
| Pakistan govt needs to do more to stop being launch-pad for terror: Hillary Clinton
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| INDIA
, 8-May-2012
4:14:2 AM |
| US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today pressed Pakistan to do more to ensure its territory is not used as a 'launching pad' by terror groups for attacks.
Ms Clinton was speaking at a joint news conference after her talks with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna in New Delhi. "The unfortunate thing is that the attacks have taken the lives of 30,000 Pakistanis," said Ms Clinton as she stressed for "more concerted and stronger steps" from governments in combating terrorism across the globe.
Ms Clinton and Mr Krishna nudged Pakistan to bring to justice the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks and pledged to continue to work together in combating the menace. During their talks, the two sides discussed issues relating to Mumbai attacks, Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Iranian
Mr Krishna said the recent terrorist attacks in the Afghan capital highlighted the need for elimination of terrorist sanctuaries in the neighbourhood and for Pakistan to take steps against terrorism, including bringing to justice the perpetrators of 26/11 attacks.
To a question on Hafiz Saeed, the US diplomat said her country has reason to believe that the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief was one of the "principal architects" of the Mumbai attacks that took the lives of 166 people.
The US last month offered a $10 million reward for information leading to the conviction of Saeed. Ms Clinton hoped that the bounty would eventually lead to arrest or conviction of the JuD chief.
"We have issued this reward. We had earlier been successful. This is not unique. This is not a special case," she said.
On Iran, Ms Clinton said the US looked to India as a partner in the wide international effort to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and also to see progress by India in reducing Iranian oil imports.
"The best way to achieve this diplomatic tool,
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