Rice Says U.S. Expects Pakistan's Cooperation On India Terror Investigation

December 1, 2008 7:42 p.m. EST

London, England (AHN) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday that the United States expects Pakistani officials to cooperate in the investigation into the terror attacks on Mumbai that left six Americans among the 170 people killed.

Speaking to reporters aboard a plane bound London, Rice explained, "I don't want to jump to any conclusions myself on this, but I do think that this is a time for complete, absolute, total transparency and cooperation and that's what we expect."

Rice's statement follows New Delhi's accusations that the terrorists trained and planned in Pakistan the attack on a train station, restaurant, two hotels, a Jewish center and two hospitals in Mumbai, India's financial center, from Wednesday to Friday. Indian authorities claim the attackers belong to the Pakistani terror group called Lashkar-e-Taiba, a militant group resisting Indian rule of the disputed Kashmir region.

Meanwhile, Rice will go to India on Wednesday as the U.S. pledged to help in the investigation of the attack.