As Hillary Clinton visited Islamabad Friday, the United States gave Pakistan a list of terrorist leaders it wants captured,officials said.
At the top is Osama bin Laden's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri, along with Siraj Haqqani of the Haqqani network, Ilyas Kashmiri, the head of the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami and suspected al-Qaida leader, and Atiya Abdel Rahman, al-Qaida operations chief, ABC News reported, citing unnamed officials from both governments.
Secretary of State Clinton said she expects Pakistan to authorize "joint action against
al-Qaida and its affiliates, There is still much more work required, and it is urgent."
Clinton, joined by Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with with President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani in a conspicuously chilly session, The New York Times reported. No joint statement followed.
Clinton later addressed the staff of the U.S. Embassy, with no Pakistanis present, and
said, "We spoke very honestly and openly."
She said the Pakistanis had agreed on "some very specific actions" but did not elaborate. She also repeated that there was no evidence the Pakistani leadership knew bin Laden was hiding for years in Abbottobad, near the capital.
Pakistan has been hit by violence since the U.S. killing of bin Laden May 2. The Pakistani Taliban, linked to al-Qaida, have vowed to avenge bin Laden's death.
Pakistan's Dawn newspaper reported the Pakistanis, troubled by unilateral U.S.strikes against militant hideouts inside their country, would urge Washington not to undertake missions they see as a humiliation.
Pakistan returned the U.S. helicopter wrecked in the May 2 raid to the United States.
The United States has begun withdrawing some of its troops involved in training the Pakistan military.