New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) In a pointed message to Pakistan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday said “a significant number” of 9/11 attackers are hiding in the border areas of that country.
“We firmly believe that a significant number of them are there in border areas of Pakistan,” Clinton said at a joint press interaction with External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna.

“And we have conveyed to Pakistan that we are looking for additional information on them,” Clinton said when asked by an American journalist about the fate of the US probe into 9/11 attacks in New York and Washington.

Clinton’s remarks came a day after she called Pakistan as the home of a global syndicate of terrorism comprising the Taliban, Al Qaeda and assorted militant outfits.

Clinton has repeatedly stressed during her five-day India visit that ends Tuesday that Pakistan was showing “an evolving commitment” to combat terrorism over the last few months.

In the same breath, she asked Pakistan to bring the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai carnage to justice.

These remarks are seen as veiled persuasion by Washington to nudge New Delhi to resume dialogue with Islamabad.