Pak should punish Mumbai attackers urgently: Obama

Lalit K Jha
Washington, Nov 3 (PTI) US President Barack Obama
Wednesday asked Pakistan to bring to book "transparently,
fully and urgently" those responsible for the terror attacks
that happened in November 2008 in the west Indian city of
Mumbai.
Answering criticism that Washington had not "leaned
enough" on Pakistan to deal with terrorism emanating from its
soil, Obama said that the United States had taken every
opportunity to make it clear to Pakistan that "confronting
violent extremism of all sorts is in its own interests and in
the interest of regional stability."
About Mumbai attacks, the US leader said that Pakistan
should fulfill its stated commitments to bring to justice
those responsible for terrorism.
"Since the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, we have told the
Pakistani government that they have an international
responsibility to cooperate to bring the perpetrators to
justice, and that there is a special responsibility to do so
transparently, fully and urgently," he told PTI.
He said, "Pakistan is taking important steps and making
sacrifices in our shared fight against extremism, and we will
continue to underscore the importance of taking additional
action to eliminate terrorist safe havens." PTI