Act quickly Rice tells Pakistan

Pakistan must act quickly to help India prevent follow-on attacks amid evidence that Pakistani soil was used by "non-state actors," US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday.
Speaking on US television, Rice said she stressed during her visit to Pakistan last week how important it was for Islamabad to co-operate fully.

"The important thing is that Pakistan act and that these people are brought to justice and that any information that they may have is put to use in making sure follow-on attacks don't happen," Rice said.

Rice said she believed the militants who staged the assault were "non-state actors", but Pakistan still should co-operate in the investigation.

She said US-Pakistan relations were at stake as well as Islamabad's ties with India.
Rice did not describe the evidence but said the US had passed information about the attacks to both India and Pakistan.