
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has advised caution against any suggestions for U.S. unilateral action against terrorists that may be hiding on the Pakistani side of the Afghan border. nnCommenting on Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s suggestions, Rice told a US TV channel that Washington has been working cooperatively with the South Asian ally to curb terrorism threat along Pakistan-Afghanistan border region. n n“The United States is acting with Pakistan to deal with the terrorism threat. One has to be a little careful about what you say about the territory of a sovereign state with which you are not at war. And so we have done this in working with the Pakistanis and working together to share intelligence and working together to deal with threats when they emerge,” she told the channel. nnThe top U.S. diplomat said everybody needs to do more in the fight against terrorism. nn“After all, it was the network that ‘in that region that assassinated Benazir Bhutto. And so this is a threat to Pakistan as well,” she remarked. She also noted counterterrorism successes in the region over the past years. n