Rice says Pakistan should do more to end terrorism

AUSTRALIA: Pakistan needs to do more to prevent Taliban militants from launching attacks into Afghanistan from its territory, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday.

Speaking in Australia, Rice suggested to reporters that a surge in Taliban-related violence in Afghanistan had its source in the restive semiautonomous tribal areas along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan.

“We understand that it’s difficult, we understand that the northwest frontier area is difficult, but militants cannot be allowed to organize there and to plan there and to engage across the border,” Rice said. “So yes, more needs to be done.”

Meanwhile students at a New Zealand university are offering a reward to anyone who carries out a citizen’s arrest of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during her visit to the country that begins Friday.

Auckland University Students’ Association President David Do said students are seeking Rice’s arrest for her role in “overseeing the illegal invasion and continued occupation” of Iraq and are offering a 5,000 New Zealand dollar (US$3,700) reward for a “successful” citizen’s arrest.

Wellington, Friday, AP