Pakistan on terrorism Clinton presses Pakistan on terrorism

NEW DELHI, India - The latest foiled terrorism plot in Yemen is a sign that terrorists "keep trying to devise more and more diverse and terrible ways to kill people," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said here Tuesday.

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Wrapping up her eight-day trip to China, India and Bangladesh, Clinton also pressed Pakistan "to do more" to root out terrorists on its soil, including the alleged mastermind of the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India, for whom she has approved a $10 million reward.
She earlier said al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was most likely residing in Pakistan.
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"We look to the government of Pakistan to do more," Clinton said. "It needs to make sure that its territory is not used for launching pads for terrorist attacks anywhere."
The Yemen plot was designed to create a more sophisticated version of the underwear bomb that failed to detonate over Detroit on Christmas Day 2009.
U.S. intelligence officials interrupted the effort before it threatened the U.S. flying public, Clinton confirmed.
The secretary used news of the plot to reiterate U.S. efforts not only to prevent acts of terrorism from being carried out but to convince potential recruits not to join terrorist networks in the first place.
Appearing with her Indian counterpart, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, Clinton also addressed two other hot spots: Iran and Afghanistan.
• She said India must do more to reduce oil exports from Iran, as it has begun to do. The world's second most populous nation relies on imports for most of its oil - and 10 million additional tons each year. Iran was its second largest supplier but has dropped below Iraq and Kuwait.
"There's no doubt that India and the United States are after the same goal," Clinton said. Without tightening the noose on sanctions, she said, "Iran will have less incentive to negotiate in good faith."
• She reaffirmed the U.S. and NATO support for Afghanistan as the combat mission winds down toward its completion in 2014.
"We intend to remain an active presence in Afghanistan. We will support Afghanistan's security and stability," she said.