Rice: Pakistan should do more to end violence

Qantas jet lands with gaping hole in fuselage Baghdad muralists resist push for sectarian themes Rice: Pakistan should do more to end violence Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Pakistan needs to do more to prevent Taliban militants from launching attacks into Afghanistan from its territory. Speaking Friday 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." The strong message to Islamabad comes just a few days before Pakistani Prime... [read full story]